Digesetive: Word roots, prefixes and suffixes Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
Q
or/o
stomat/o
A
mouth
2
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gloss/o
lingu/o
A
tongue
3
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
4
Q
cheil/o
labi/o
A
lip
5
Q
dent/o
odont/o
A
teeth
6
Q
gingiv/o
A
gum(s)
7
Q
sial/o
A
saliva, salivary gland
8
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
9
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
10
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
11
Q
pylor/o
A
pylorus
12
Q
duoden/o
A
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
13
Q
enter/o
A
intestine (usually small intestine)
14
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum (second part of small intestine)
15
Q
ile/o
A
ileum (third part of small intestine)
16
Q
append/o
appendic/o
A
appendix
17
Q
col/o
colon/o
A
colon
18
Q
sigmoid/o
A
sigmoid colon
19
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
20
Q
proct/o
A
anus, rectum
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
23
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile vessel
24
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chol/e
A
bile, gall
25
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
26
choledoch/o
bile duct
27
-emesis
vomit
28
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
29
-megaly
enlargement
30
-orexia
appetite
31
-pepsia
digestion
32
-phagia
swallowing, eating
33
-prandial
meal
34
-rrhea
discharge, flow
35
dia-
through, across
36
peri-
around
37
sub-
under, below
38
an-
without, not
39
lith/o
stone, calculus
40
-eal
pertaining to
41
-ic
pertaining to
42
endo-
in, within
43
-scopy
visual examination
44
tom/o
to cut
45
-graphy
process of recording
46
cyst/o
bladder
47
son/o
sound
48
ultra-
excess, beyond
49
-al
pertaining to
