Digestive System Flashcards by Kristaliah Garcia

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an/o

A

anus

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append/o

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appendix

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appendic/o

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appendix

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bar/o

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weight

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bucc/o

A

cheek

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cec/o

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cecum

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chol/e

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bile

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cholangi/o

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bile duct

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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cirrh/o

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yellow

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col/o

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colon

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colon/o

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colon

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyst/o

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sac

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dent/o

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tooth

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diverticul/o

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pouch

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv/o

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gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

lieum

inguin/o

groin

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

lith/o

stone

mandibul/o

mandible

nas/o

nose

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

pharyng/o

pharynx

polyp/o

polyp

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pylorus

pyr/o

fire

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

ven/o

vein

-ac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ic, -ous,

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-centesis

process of removing fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emesis

vomiting

-emetic

pertaining to vomiting

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-iatric

pertaining to medical treatment

-istry

specialty of

-itis

inflammation

-lithiasis

conditions of stones

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phagia

eat, swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-prandial

pertaining to a meal

-ptosis

drooping

-scope

instrument to view

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of viewing

-tripsy

surgical crushing

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

endo-

within

ex-

outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below

in-

inward

intra-

within

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

re-

again

retro-

backward

sub-

under

trans-

across