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ChapterTen - Digestive System (prefix, combining form, suffix)

  1. abdomin/o
    abdomen
  2. an/o
    anus
  3. append/o, appendic/o
    appendix
  4. bil/o
    bile
  5. cec/o
    blind intestine, cecum
  6. chol/e
    bile, gall
  7. choledoch/o
    common bile duct
  8. col/o, colon/o
    colon
  9. cyst/o
    bladder, sac
  10. dent/o
    teeth
  11. duoden/o
    twelve, duodenum
  12. enter/o
    small intestine
  13. esophag/e, esophag/o
    gullet, esophagus
  14. gastr/o
    stomach
  15. gingiv/o
    gums
  16. gloss/o
    tongue
  17. hepat/o
    liver
  18. ile/o
    to roll, ileum
  19. jejun/o
    empty, jejunum
  20. lingu/o
    tongue
  21. or/o
    mouth
  22. pancreat/o
    sweetbread, pancreas
  23. peps/o, pept/o
    digestion
  24. peritone/o
    to stretch over, peritoneum
  25. proct/o
    rectum or anus
  26. pylor/o
    pylorus
  27. rect/o
    rectum
  28. sial/o
    saliva
  29. sigm/o
    the letter s, sigmoid colon
  30. stomat/o
    mouth
  31. dia-
    through
  32. re-
    back
  33. flux/o
    flow
  34. halit/o
    breath
  35. phag/o
    eat, swallow
  36. steat/o
    fat
  37. -emesis
    vomiting
  38. -rrhea
    discharge
  39. aden/o
    gland
  40. cheil/o
    lip
  41. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  42. cirrh/o
    orange
  43. diverticul/o
    diverticulum
  44. lith/o
    stone
  45. orex/o
    appetite
  46. parot/o
    parotid gland
  47. polyp/o
    small growth
  48. volv/o
    to roll
  49. -ectasis
    expansion, dilation
  50. -iasis
    condition of
  51. -oid
    resembling
  52. -penia
    abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
  53. -ptosis
    drooping
  54. -sis
    state of
  55. -y
    process of
  56. an-
    without, absence of
  57. anti-
    against, opposite of
  58. acid/o
    a solution or substance with a pH less than 7
  59. fec/o
    feces
  60. lapar/o
    abdomen
  61. nas/o
    nose
  62. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  63. -emetic
    pertaining to vomiting
  64. -rrhaphy
    suturing
  65. -spasmodic
    pertaining to a sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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