Medical Terminology Chabner Chapter 5 & 6 - Digestive System

an/o

anus

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cheil/o

lip

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines, usually small intestines

esophag/o

esophagus

faci/o

face

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

mandibul/o

lower jaw, mandible

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

pharyng/o

throat

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

stomat/o

mouth

uvul/o

uvula

amyl/o

starch

bil/i

gall, bile

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

chol/e

gall, bile

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

gluc/o

sugar

glyc/o

sugar

glycogen/o

glycogen, animal starch

lip/o

fat, lipid

lith/o

stone

prote/o

protein

py/o

pus

sial/o

saliva, salivary

steat/o

fat

-ase

enzyme

-chezia

defecation, elimination of wastes

-iasis

abnormal condition

-prandial

meal

-ectasis, -ectasia

dilation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth of blood

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

BRBPR

bright red blood per rectum

EGD

esophagogastroduodenoscopy

G tube

gastrostomy tube

GERD

gastroesophageal reflux disease

GI

gastrointestinal

LAC

laparoscopic-assisted colectomy

NPO

nothing by mouth