HSCI 131 Chapter 6 Vocab (Part 2)

or/o, stomat/o

mouth

gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue

-itis

inflammation

-ectomy

excision, removal

bucc/o

cheek

cheil/o, labi/o

lip

-plasty

surgical repair

dent/o, odont/o

teeth

-ist

specialist

orth

straight

gingiv/o

gums

sial/o

saliva, salivary gland

-lith

stone, calculus

esophag/o

esophagus

pharyng/o

pharynx

-scope

instrument for examining

tonsill

tonsils

gastr/o

stomach

-algia

pain

pylor/o

pylorus

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

duoden/o

duodenum

-scopy

visual examination

enter/o

intestine

-pathy

disease

jejun/o

jejunum

-rrhaphy

suture

ile/o

ileum

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

col/o, colon/o

colon

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

-tomy

incision

rect/o

rectum

-cele

hernia, swelling

proct/o

anus, rectum

-logist

specialist in the study of

an/o

anus

peri-

around

hepat/o

liver

-megaly

enlargement

pancreat/o

pancreas

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

cholangi/o

bile vessel

-ole

small, minute

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

bile duct

-emesis

vomit

hyper-

excessive, above normal

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-orexia

appetite

an-

without, not

-pepsia

digestion

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

-phagia

swallowing, eating

aer/o

air

-prandial

meal

post-

after, behind

-rrhea

discharge, flow

steat/o

fat

dia-

through, across

sub-

under, below