Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
chol/e
A
bile, gall
2
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
3
Q
choledoch/o
A
bile duct
4
Q
col/o, colon/o
A
colon
5
Q
dent/o, odont/o
A
teeth
6
Q
duoden/o
A
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
7
Q
enter/o
A
intestine (usually small intestine)
8
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
9
Q
gingiv/o
A
gum(s)
10
Q
gloss/o, lingu/o
A
tongue
11
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
12
Q
ile/o
A
ileum (third part of small intestine)
13
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum (second part of small intestine)
14
Q
or/o, stomat/o
A
mouth
15
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
16
Q
proct/o
A
anus, rectum
17
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
18
Q
sial/o
A
saliva, salivary gland
19
Q
sigmoid/o
A
sigmoid colon
20
Q
tox/o, toxic/o
A
poison
21
Q
-algia, -dynia
A
pain
22
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
23
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
24
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-emesis
A
vomiting
25
-gram
record, writing
26
-graphy
process of recording
27
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
28
-itis
inflammation
29
-lith
stone, calculus
30
-logist
specialist in study of
31
-logy
study of
32
-megaly
enlargement
33
-oma
tumor
34
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
35
-pepsia
digestion
36
-phagia
swallowing, eating
37
-plasty
surgical repair
38
-plasty
surgical repair
39
-rrhea
discharge, flow
40
-scope
instrument for examination
41
-scopy
visual examination
42
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
43
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
44
-tome
instrument to cut
45
-tomy
incision
46
dys-
bad, painful; difficult
47
peri-
around
