Chapter 3 Vocab Review Flashcards
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absorpt/o-
A
absorb; take in
2
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aden/o-
A
gland
3
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adhes/o-
A
to stick to
4
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aliment/o-
A
food; nourishment
5
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amyl/o-
A
carbohydrate; strarch
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an/o-
A
anus
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anastom/o-
A
create an opening between two structures
8
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aphth/o-
A
ulcer
9
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append/o-
A
small structure hanging from a larger structure
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appendic/o-
A
appendix
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ascit/o-
A
ascites
12
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bili/o-
A
bile; gall
13
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cancer/o-
A
cancer
14
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carcin/o-
A
cancer
15
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cec/o-
A
cecum
16
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celi/o-
A
adbomen
17
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cellul/o-
A
cell
18
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cheil/o-
A
lip
19
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chez/o-
A
to pass feces
20
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chlor/o-
A
chloride
21
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chol/o-
A
bile; gall
22
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cholangi/o-
A
bile duct
23
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choledoch/o-
A
common bile duct
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cirrh/o-
A
yellow
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constip/o-
compacted feces
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contin/o-
hold together
27
deglut/o-
swallowing
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diverticul/o-
diverticulum
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duoden/o-
duodenum
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erne/o-
vomiting
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ernet/o-
vomiting
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emulsific/o-
particles suspended in a liquid
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esophag/o-
esophagus
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fec/a-
feces; stool
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fec/o-
feces; stool
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flatul/o-
flatus (gas)
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gloss/o-
tongue
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gustat/o-
the sense of taste
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hemorrh/o-
a flowing of blood
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hemorrhoid/o-
hemorrhoid
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herni/o-
hernia
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hiat/o-
gap; opening
43
hydr/o-
water; fluid
44
ile/o-
ileum
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incarcer/o-
to imprision
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incis/o-
to cut into
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intussuscep/o-
to receive within
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jaund/o-
yellow
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jejun/o-
jejunum
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kin/o-
movement
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lact/o-
milk
52
lingu/o-
tongue
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lip/o-
lipid(fat)
54
lith/o-
stone
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magnet/o-
magnet
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mandibul/o-
mandible (lower jaw)
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mastic/o-
chewing
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obstip/o-
severe constipation
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obstruct/o-
blocked by a barrier
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omphal/o-
umbilicus; navel
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operate/o-
perform a procedure; surgery
62
or/o-
mouth
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orex/o-
appetite
64
pancreat/o-
pancreas
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peps/o-
digestion
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pepsin/o-
pepsin
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pept/o-
digestion
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perfor/o-
to have an opening
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peritone/o-
peritoneum
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pharyng/o-
pharynx (throat)
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polyp/o-
polyp
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proct/o-
rectum
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pylor/o-
pylorus
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pyr/o-
fire; burning
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rect/o-
rectum
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regurgitat/o-
flow backward
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resect/o-
to cut out; remove
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rotat/o-
rotate
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rrhe/o-
flow; discharge
80
rub/o-
red
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saliv/o-
saliva
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sensitiv/o-
affected by; sensitive to
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sial/o-
saliva; salivary gland
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sigmoid/o-
sigmoid colon
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son/o-
sound
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spast/o-
spasm
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splen/o-
spleen
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stal/o-
contraction
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steat/o-
fat
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stomat/o-
mouth
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transplant/o-
move something to another place
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ulcerat/o-
ulcer
93
vir/o-
virus
94
im-
not
95
in-
in; within; not
96
meso-
middle
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par-
beside
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per-
through; throughout
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retro-
behind; backward
100
-ase
enzyme
101
-ate
composed of; pertaining to
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-ated
pertaining to a condition; composed of
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-cele
hernia
104
-centesis
procedure to puncture
105
-cyte
cell
106
-eal
pertaining to
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-ence
state of
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-entery
condition of the intestine
109
-grade
pertaining to going
110
-iasis
state of; process of
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-ice
state; quality
112
-id
resembling; source or orgin
113
-in
a substance
114
-ix
a thing
115
-lith
stone
116
-oid
resembling
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-opsy
process of viewing
118
-plasty
process of reshaping by surgery
119
-rrhaphy
procedure of suturing
120
-rrhea
flow; discharge
121
-sis
condition; abnormal condition; process
122
-tion
a process; being or having
