Digestive System Flashcards
(94 cards)
1
Q
anti-
A
against
2
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dia-
A
through, across
3
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, difficult, painful, bad
4
Q
endo-
A
inner, within, inside
5
Q
hyper-
A
excessive, above normal, increased
6
Q
hypo-
A
below, under, deficient, decreased
7
Q
pan-
A
all
8
Q
peri-
A
around
9
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post-
A
after, behind
10
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sub-
A
below, under
11
Q
an/o
A
anus
12
Q
append/o
A
appendix
13
Q
appendic/o
A
appendix
14
Q
bar/o
A
weight
15
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
16
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
17
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
18
Q
chol/e
A
bile, gall
19
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile, vessel
20
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
21
Q
choledoch/o
A
bile duct
22
Q
cirrh/o
A
yellow
23
Q
col/o
A
colon, large intestine
24
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colon/o
A
colon, large intestine
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dent/o
teeth
26
diverticul/o
pouch
27
dont/o
teeth
28
duoden/o
duodenum- first part of small intestine
29
-al
pertaining to
30
-cele
hernia, protrusion, swelling
31
-dynia
pain
32
-ectomy
surgical removal
33
-emesis
vomit
34
-iasis
abnormal condition produced by something specified
35
-ic
pertaining to
36
-ism
condition
37
-ist
specialist
38
-istry
specialty of
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-itis
inflammation
40
-lith
stone, calculus
41
-lithiasis
condition of stones
42
-logist
specialist in the study of
43
-lysis
destruction, separation, loosening
44
-megaly
enlargement, large
45
-ole
small
46
enter/o
intestine - usually small intestine
47
esophag/o
esophagus
48
gastr/o
stomach
49
gingiv/o
gums
50
gloss/o
tongue
51
hepat/o
liver
52
ile/o
ileum - third part of small intestine
53
jejun/o
jejunum - second part of small intestine
54
labi/o
lip
55
lapar/o
abdomen
56
lingu/o
tongue
57
lith/o
stone, calculus
58
odont/o
teeth
59
or/o
mouth
60
palat/o
palate
61
pancreat/o
pancreas
62
pept/o
digest, digestion
63
pharyng/o
pharynx - throat
64
-oma
tumor, neoplam
65
-orexia
appetite
66
-osis
abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells
67
-pathy
disease
68
-pepsia
digestion
69
-pexy
surgical fixation
70
-phagia
swallowing, eating
71
-plasty
surgical repair
72
-plegia
paralysis
73
-prandial
pertaining to a meal
74
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse, downward placement
75
-rrhaphy
suture
76
-schisis
splitting
77
-scope
instrument for viewing
78
-scopy
visual examination
79
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
80
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
81
-stomy
forming an opening -mouth)
82
-tomy
incision
83
-tripsy
surgical crushing
84
polyp/o
polyp
85
proct/o
anus, rectum
86
pylor/o
pylorus
87
pyr/o
fire
88
rect/o
rectum
89
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
90
sialaden/o
salivary gland
91
sigmoid/o
sigmoid color
92
stomat/o
mouth
93
umbilic/o
umbillicus - the belly button
94
-um
structure, thing
