1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview

OT 13 root words

  1. bil
    bile
  2. chol/e
    bile, gall
  3. choledoch/o
    common bile duct
  4. cirrho
    orange`
  5. dent
    teeth
  6. diverticulo
    • a small blind pouch
    • diverticulum
  7. doudeno
    • twelve
    • doudenem
  8. entero
    small intestine
  9. esophag
    gullet
  10. gastro
    stomach
  11. gingivo
    gums
  12. halito
    breath
  13. ileo
    to roll, ileum
  14. inguino
    groin
  15. jejunem
    empty, jejunum
  16. laparo
    abdomen
  17. linguo
    tongue
  18. lith
    stone
  19. oro
    mouth
  20. palat
    roof of mouth, palate
  21. pancreato
    sweetbread, pancrease
  22. peps pepto
    digestion
  23. perino
    perineum
  24. peritone
    to stretch over, peritoneum
  25. phago
    swallow
  26. pharyngo
    throat, pharynx
  27. proct
    rectum, anus
  28. pylor
    gatekeeper, pylorous
  29. recto
    straight, erect, rectum
  30. rubino
    red pigment
  31. sial
    saliva
  32. sigmoid
    the letter S
  33. spasmo
    sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
  34. steato
    fat
  35. stomato
    mouth
  36. uvulo
    grape, uvula
  37. vag o
    vagus nerve
  38. -emetic
    pertaining to vomiting
  39. -iasis
    condition of
  40. -malacia
    softening
  41. pepsia
    condition fo digestion
  42. ptosis
    falling down, drooping
  43. -rrhaphy
    discharge of fluid
  44. -stomy
    surgical creation of an opening
  45. 0centesis
    surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
  46. -cele
    heria, swelling, protrusion
  47. re-, retro
    back
  48. pan-
    all, entire
  49. dia
    through
Author
Siobhan
ID
139344
Card Set
OT 13 root words
Description
OT 13 root words
Updated

  1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview