The Digestive System Word Parts

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

colon, large intestine

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

lith/o

stone

orex/o

appetite

or/o

mouth, oral

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

swallowing

-ptosis

drooping

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing, stricture

-ostomy

forming a new opening

-tripsy

crushing