From Textbook (Anatomy Medical Terminology) - Unit 9: The Digestive System

abdomin/o-

abdomen

absorpt/o-

absorb; take in

aliment/o-

food; nourishment

amyl/o-

carbohydrate; starch

an/o-

anus

append/o-

appendix; small structure hanging from a larger structure

appendic/o-

appendix

bili/o-

bile; gall

cec/o-

cecum

celi/o-

abdomen

chez/o-

pass feces

chol/e-

bile; gall

cholangi/o-

bile duct

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

choledoch/o-

common bile duct

chlor/o-

chloride

col/o-

colon

colon/o-

colon

degluti/o-

swallowing

digest/o-

break down food; digest

duoden/o-

duodenum

emulsific/o-

liquid with suspended particles

enter/o-

intestine

esophag/o-

esophagus

fec/a-

feces; stool

fec/o-

feces; stool

gastr/o-

stomach

gloss/o-

tongue

gustat/o-

sense of taste

hepat/o-

liver

hydr/o-

fluid; water

ile/o-

ileum

intestin/o-

intestine

jejun/o-

jejunum

kin/o-

movement

lact/o-

milk

lapar/o-

abdomen

lingu/o-

tongue

lip/o-

fat; lipid

mandibul/o-

lower jaw; mandible

mastic/o-

chewing

or/o-

mouth

ot/o-

ear

pancreat/o-

pancreas

pelv/o-

hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis

peps/o-

digestion

pepsin/o-

pepsin

periton/o-

peritoneum

peritone/o-

peritoneum

pharyng/o-

pharynx; throat

proct/o-

rectum and anus

pylor/o-

pylorus

rect/o-

rectum

rub/o-

red

saliv/o-

saliva

sial/o-

saliva; salivary gland

sigmoid/o-

sigmoid colon

stal/o-

contraction

stomat/o-

mouth

verd/o-

green

de-

reversal of; without

meso-

middle

par-

beside

peri-

around

sub-

below; underneath

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-ation

being; having; process

-cyte

cell

-eal

pertaining to

-gen

that which produces

-ic

pertaining to

-id

origin; resembling; source

-in

substance

-ion

action; condition

-ive

pertaining to

-ix

thing

-ory

having the function of

-sis

condition; process

-tion

being; having; process