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1
Q

absorpt/o

A

to suck in

2
Q

aden/o

A

gland

3
Q

aliment/o

A

nourishment

4
Q

amyl/o

A

starch

5
Q

anabol/o

A

building up

6
Q

append/o

A

appendix

7
Q

appendic/o

A

appendix

8
Q

bil/o

A

gall, bile

9
Q

bucc/o

A

cheek

10
Q

catabol/o

A

a casting down

11
Q

cheil/o

A

lip

12
Q

celi/o

A

abdomen, belly

13
Q

chol/e

A

gall, bile

14
Q

choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

15
Q

cirrh/o

A

orange-yellow

16
Q

col/o

A

colon

17
Q

colon/o

A

colon

18
Q

constipat

A

to press together

19
Q

cyst/o

A

bladder

20
Q

cyst

A

sac

21
Q

defecat

A

to remove dregs

22
Q

dent/o

A

tooth

23
Q

diverticul/o

A

diverticula

24
Q

duoden/o

A

duodenum

25
Q

enter/o

A

intestine

26
Q

esophage/o

A

esophagus

27
Q

fibr/o

A

fibrous tissue

28
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

29
Q

gingiv/o

A

gums

30
Q

gloss/o

A

tongue

31
Q

glyc/o

A

sweet, sugar

32
Q

halit/o

A

breath

33
Q

hermat/o

A

blood

34
Q

hemorrh/o

A

vein liable to bleed

35
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

36
Q

herni/o

A

hernia

37
Q

ile/o

A

ileum

38
Q

ile

A

a twisting

39
Q

jejun/o

A

middle intestine

40
Q

labi/o

A

lip

41
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

42
Q

lingu/o

A

tongue

43
Q

lip/o

A

fat

44
Q

mes

A

middle

45
Q

nid

A

nest

46
Q

odont/o

A

tooth

47
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

48
Q

paralyt

A

to disable; paralysis

49
Q

pept/o

A

to digest

50
Q

pharyngl/e

A

pharynx

51
Q

pil/o

A

hair

52
Q

prand/i

A

meal

53
Q

proct/o

A

anus, rectum

54
Q

pylor/o

A

gatekeeper, pylorus

55
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

56
Q

sial/o

A

saliva

57
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid

58
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

59
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth

60
Q

verm/i

A

worm

61
Q

volvul

A

to roll

62
Q

eructat

A

breaking out

63
Q

masticat

A

to chew