Word Parts of the Digestive System (43)

Cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

Cirrh/o

Orange-yellow

Col/o, Colon/o

Colon, large intestine

Duoden/o

Duodenum

Enter/o

Small intestine

Esophag/o

Esophagus

Gastr/o

Stomach

Gingiv/o

Gums

Hepat/o

Liver

Ile/o

Ileum

Lapar/o

Abdomen

Lingu/o

Tongue

Lith/o

Stone, calculus

Or/o

Mouth

Pept/o

Digestion

Proct/o

Rectum and anus

Rect/o

Rectum

Sigmoid/o

Sigmoid colon

Stomat/o

Mouth

anti-

Against

dys-

Difficult, painful

hyper-

Increased

mal-

Bad, poor

sub-

Below

-al

Pertaining to

-cele

Hernia

-eal

Pertaining to

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emesis

Vomiting

-graphy

Process of recording

-ic

Pertaining to

-itis

Inflammation

-lithiasis

Presence of stones

-megaly

Abnormal enlargement

-ologist

Specialist

-osis

Abnormal condition

-paresis

Partial paralysis

-pepsia

Digestion

-phagia

Eating, swallowing

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-scopy

Visual examination

-stomy

Surgical creation of a new opening