Master Study Set

anastomosis

surgical connection of hollow structures

ascending

upwards

bariatrics

deals with treatment of obesity

bowel

intestine

deglutition

swallowing

dentition

condition of the teeth

descending

downward

emesis

act of vomiting

eructation

burping

fissure

crack like sore of the skin

flares

intervals of intensification of disease

hernia

protrusion of organ

ligation

tying off blood vessels

mastication

chewing

morbid obesity

excess body fat causes adverse effects on health

occult blood

can only be detected by lab testing

parenteral

bypassing digestive system

prolapse

slipping down of organ from normal position

reflux

stomach contents into esophagus

sphincter

ring of muscles that close body opening

stricture

abnormal narrowing of bodily passage

transverse

across

ulcer

open lesion of the skin

varices

enlarged, swollen veins

Cholecyst

gallbladder

cirrh

orange-yellow

col/o, colon/o

colon, large intestine

duoden

duodenum

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv

gums

hepat

liver

ile

ileum

lapar

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

lith/o

stone, calculus

or/o

mouth

pept/o

digestion

proct/o

rectum and anus

rect/o

rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

stomat/o

mouth

anti

against

dys

difficult, painful

hyper

increased

mal

bad, poor

sub

below

al

pertaining to

cele

hernia

eal

pertaining to

ectomy

surgical removal

emesis

vomiting

graphy

process of recording

ic

pertaining to

itis

inflammation

lithiasis

presence of stones

megaly

abnormal enlargement

ologist

specialist

osis

abnormal condition

paresis

partial paralysis

pepsia

digestion

phagia

eating, swallowing

plasty

surgical repair

rrhea

flow, discharge

scopy

visual examination

stomy

creation of opening

cortex

outer portion of organ

digital

using a finger

extracorporeal

outside the body

fistula

abnormal passage between two organs

hypertrophy

enlargement of organ due to increased cell size

meatus

natural body opening

micturition

urination

nocturnal

night

orifice

opening

percutaneous

performed through the skin

peristalsis

wave like contractions

voiding

urination

bacteri

bacteria

cyst

bladder

glycos

suger, glucose

hem, hemat

blood

hydr

water

lith

stone, calculus

nephr

kidney

noct

night

olig/o

scanty, few

prostat

prostate

protein/o

protein

py/o

pus

pyel/o

renal pelvis

ren

kidney

ur/o

urine

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

an

without

dia

complete, through

dys

difficult, painful

poly

many