Chapter 4 - Digestive System - Parts Flashcards by Kim Sullivan

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-ectomy

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surgical removal, excision

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-genic

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forming

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-itis

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inflammation

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scope

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instrument for looking

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-stasis

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stopping or controlling

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-tomy

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cutting into; incise

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-ase

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enzyme

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-iasis

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pathological condition, usually infestation

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-iatrics

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medical practice

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-ity

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quality

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-osis

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condition

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-ostomy

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make a new opening

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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eat; swallow

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhagia

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bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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suturing; stitching

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-rrhea

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discharge; flow

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-rrhexis

rupture; splitting

-ectomy

to cut out (excise)

-tom-

to cut

-tomy

to cut into (incise)

-tome

cutting instrument

-stomy

to form a new opening

-tripsy

surgical crushing

dys-

difficult, painful, bad, abnormal

hypo-

below

tachy-

fast

brady-

slow

eu-

easy, good

mal-

bad, poor

sub-

below

abdomin/o

abdomen

lip/o

fat

cyt/o

cell

amyl/o

starch

an/o

anus

appendic/o

appendix

bar/o

weight

bibi/o

common bile duct

bil/i

bile

carb/o

carbon

cheil/o

lips

chol/e

gall, bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

colon

cyst/o

bladder, sac

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestine (small intestine)

esophag/o

esophagus

estesi/o

sensation

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

jejun/o

jejunum (small intestine)

ile/o

ileum

lith/o

stone, calculus

lingu/o

tongue

pancreat/o

pancreas

peps/o

digestion

phag/o

eat, swallow

pharyng/o

pharynx

phor/o

bear, carry

proct/o

anus and rectum

rect/o

rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

splen/o

spleen

stomat/o

mouth

trich/o

hair

ac

before meals

BE

barium enema

BM

bowel movement

EGD

esophag/o/gastr/o/duoden/o/scopy

GB

gallbladder

GERD

gastr/o/esphog/eal reflux disease

GI

gastr/o/intestin/al

HBV

hepatitis B virus

NPO

nothing by mouth

po

by mouth

PO

postoperative

UGI

upper gastrointestinal series