Med Term Chap 6

-estasis, -ectasia

dilation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping; controlling

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

gall, bile

cholangi/o

bile duct

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o, colon/o

colon

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar

hepat/o

liver

herni/o

hernia

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

splen/o

spleen

steat/o

fat

stomat/o

mouth

-chezia

defecation

-orexia

appetite

-iasis

abnormal condition

-prandial

meal

-ptosis

droop, sag, prolapse, fall

stomy

new opening (to form a mouth)

paracentesis

puncture to remove fluid from abdomen

nasogastric intubation

insertion of a tube through the nose into the stomach

gastric bypass or bariatric surgery

reduces stomach size

amylase and lipase tests

tests for the level of amylase and lipase enzymes in blood

liver function tests (LFTs)

tests for enzymes and bilirubin in blood

stool culture

tests for microorganisms in stool

stool guaiac test or hemoccult test

tests to detect blood in feces

Which tests for the clear fluid that remains after blood has clotted (serum)?

LFTs