Digestive Word Part Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
-emesis
A
Vomiting
2
Q
-lithiasis
A
Presence of stones
3
Q
-occult
A
Hidden or difficult to see
4
Q
-osis
A
Abnormal condition
5
Q
-ostomy
A
Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening
6
Q
-pepsia
A
Digestion
7
Q
Pedía -pexy
A
Surgical fixation such as proctopexy- the surgical fixation of the rectum to an adjacent tissue organ
8
Q
-phagia
A
Extreme bleeding
9
Q
-rrhea
A
Abnormal flow
10
Q
-rrhexis
A
Rupture
11
Q
are/o
A
Air
12
Q
an/o
A
anus
13
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
14
Q
chol/e
A
bile or gall
15
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
16
Q
choledoch/o
A
comman bile duct
17
Q
col/o
A
large intestine or colon
18
Q
dys
A
difficult
19
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
20
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
21
Q
gasten/o
A
stomach
22
Q
halit/o
A
breath
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
enlarged veins near the anus
A
hemorrhoids also known as piles
25
hepat/o
liver
26
hiat/o
opening
27
labi/o
lip
28
lith/o
stone
29
pancreatic/o
pancreas
30
proct/o
anus and rectum
31
pyr/o
fever or fire
32
rect/o
rectum or straight
33
sigmoid/o
sigmoid and the S shape like a colon
34
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Preteding to
