CH 6: Combining Form Flashcards
1
Q
ectasis, ectasia
A
stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening
2
Q
emesis
A
vomiting
3
Q
lysis
A
destruction, breakdown, separation
4
Q
pepsia
A
digestion
5
Q
phagia
A
eating, swallowing
6
Q
plasty
A
surgical repair
7
Q
ptosis
A
drooping, sagging, protruding
8
Q
ptysis
A
spitting
9
Q
rrhage, rrhagia
A
bursting forth (of blood)
10
Q
rrhaphy
A
suture
11
Q
rrhea
A
flow discharge
12
Q
spasm
A
involuntary contraction of muscles
13
Q
stasis
A
stopping, controlling
14
Q
stenosis
A
tightening, stricture, narrowing
15
Q
tresia
A
opening
16
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
17
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
18
Q
celi/o
A
abdomen
19
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
20
Q
chol/e
A
bile
21
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile vessel
22
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
23
Q
choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
24
Q
col/o
A
colon
25
colon/o
colon
26
dent/i
tooth
27
duoden/o
duodenum
28
enter/o
small bowel
29
esophag/o
esophagus
30
gastr/o
stomach
31
gingiv/o
gingiva/ gum
32
gloss/o
tongue
33
gluc/o
sugar
34
glyc/o
sugar
35
hepat/o
liver
36
herni/o
hernia
37
ile/o
ileum
38
jejun/o
jejunum
39
lingu/o
tongue
40
lip/o
fat
41
lith/o
gallstone
42
odont/o
teeth
43
or/o
mouth
44
palat/o
palate
45
pancreat/o
pancreas
46
proct/o
anus
47
pylor/o
pyloric
48
rect/o
rectum
49
sialaden/o
salivary gland
50
splen/o
spleen
51
steat/o
fat
52
stomat/o
mouth
