Chapter 8 Digestive System Word Roots and Combining Forms

An/o

anus

Bar/o

pressure, weight

Bi/o

life

Bil/i

bile, gall

Brux/o

grind

Cec/o

cecum

Cheil/o

lip or lips

Chol/e

bile, gall

Cholangi/o

bile duct

Cholecyst/o

gallbladder (combining form)

Choledoch/o

common bile duct

Cirrh/o

orange or yellow

Col/o

colon, large intestine

Dent/i, dent/o

tooth, teeth

Diverticul/i

diverticulum

Dors/o

back portion of the body

Duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

Edentul/o

without teeth

Emet/o

vomiting

Enter/o

small intestine

Esophag/o

esophagus

Gastr/o

stomach

Gingiv/o

gums

Halit/o

breath

Hem/o

blood

Hepat/o

liver

Hydr/o

water

Ile/o

ileum

Intestin/o

intestine

Leuk/o

white

Lingu/o

tongue

Lith/o

stone

Myc/o

fungus

Odont/i

teeth

Or/o

mouth

Orth/o

straight, normal, correct

Pancreat/o

pancreas

Pept/o

digestion

Phag/o

eat, swallow

Pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

Proct/o

anus and rectum

Pyr/o

fever, fire

Rect/o

rectum

Sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

Steat/o

fat

Stom/o, Stomat/o

mouth, oral cavity

Ven/o

vein

Xer/o

dry