Physio-Digestive system: Med-terms

dia

through, across, completely

dys

difficulty, painful, abnormal

hyper

over, excessive

sub

under, below, less than normal

append/o

appendix

gingiv/o

gums, tissue surrounding the base of the teeth

glycos/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood

lingu/o

tongue

nephr/o

kidney

hepat/o

liver

phag/o

to eat

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

-emesis

vomiting

-ia

condition, abnormal state

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone

-lysis

breakdown, decomposition, loosening

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-uria

presence of something in the urine