Chapter 8 Dictionary Submission with Terms

abdomin/o

abdomen

an-

not; without

de-

lack of; down; less; removal

append/o

appendix

dys-

painful; difficult

endo-

in; within

bil/i

bile; gall

epi-

on; over; upon

cect/o

cecum (first part of large intestine)

peri-

around; surrounding

chol/e

gall; bile

post-

after; behind

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

pre-

before; in front of

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

sub-

below; under

col/o, colon/o

colon; large intestine

ultra-

beyond; excess

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

dent/i

tooth

-ac, -al, -eal, -ic

pertaining to

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

-ase

enzyme

-ation

process; condition

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

-chezia

defecation; elimination of waste

esophag/o

esophagus

-clysis

irrigation; washing

gastr/o

stomach

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

gingiv/o

gums

-emesis

vomiting

gloss/o

tongue

-gen

substance that produces

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar; glucose

-ia

condition

hemat/o

blood

-iasis

abnormal condition

hepat/o

liver

-ist

specialist

ile/o

ileum (third part of small intestine)

-itis

inflammation

inguin/o

groin

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

-pepsia

digestion

labi/o

lip

-phagia

eating; swallowing

lapar/o

abdominal wall; abdomen

-prandial

meal

ling/o

tongue

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

lith/o

stone; calculus

odont/o

tooth

-scope

instrument used to view

or/o

mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity)