Chapter 5 & 6

  1. a-
    no, not, without
  2. -ac
    pertaining to
  3. -al
    pertaining to
  4. -algia
    pain
  5. amyl/o
    starch
  6. an/o
    anus
  7. angi/o
    vessel
  8. append/o
    appendix
  9. appendic/o
    appendix
  10. -ary
    pertaining to
  11. -ase
    enzyme
  12. bil/i
    gall, bile
  13. bilirubin/o
    bilirubin, bile pigment
  14. blephar/o
    eyelid
  15. bronch/o
    bronchial tubes
  16. bronchi/o
    bronchial tubes
  17. bucc/o
    cheek
  18. carcin/o
    cancer, cancerous
  19. cec/o
    cecum
  20. -cele
    hernia
  21. celi/o
    belly, abdomen
  22. cheil/o
    lip
  23. -chezia
    defecation, elimination of wastes
  24. chlorhydr/o
    hydrochloric acid
  25. chol/e
    gall, bile
  26. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  27. choledoch/o
    common bile duct
  28. col/o
    colon, large intestine
  29. colon/o
    colon
  30. dent/i
    tooth
  31. duoden/o
    duodenum
  32. dys-
    bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
  33. -eal
    pertaining to
  34. -ectasia
    stretching, dilation, dilation, widening
  35. -ectasis
    stretching, dilation, dilation, widening
  36. -ectomy
    removal, resection, incision
  37. -emesis
    vomiting
  38. -emia
    blood condition
  39. end-
    within, in
  40. enter/o
    intestines, usually small
  41. esophag/o
    esophagus
  42. faci/o
    face
  43. gastr/o
    stomach
  44. -gen
    substance that produces
  45. -genesis
    condition of producing or forming
  46. gingiv/o
    gums
  47. gloss/o
    tongue
  48. gluc/o
    sugar
  49. glyc/o
    sugar
  50. glycogen/o
    glycogen, animal starch
  51. hem/o
    blood
  52. hemat/o
    blood
  53. hepat/o
    liver
  54. herni/o
    hernia
  55. hyper-
    excessive, above
  56. hypo-
    under, below, deficient
  57. -ia
    condition, process
  58. -iasis
    abnormal condition
  59. -ic
    pertaining to
  60. ile/o
    ileum
  61. -ist
    specialist
  62. -itis
    inflammation
  63. jejun/o
    jejunum
  64. labi/o
    lip
  65. lapar/o
    abdomen
  66. lingu/o
    tongue
  67. lip/o
    fat, lipid
  68. -lith
    stone
  69. lith/o
    stone or calculus
  70. log/o
    study of
  71. lymph/o
    lymph
  72. lymphangi/o
    lymph vessel
  73. -lysis
    destruction, breakdown, separation
  74. mandibul/o
    lower jaw, mandible
  75. -megaly
    enlargement
  76. men/o
    menstrual flow, menstruation
  77. mes/o
    middle
  78. mes-
    middle
  79. neo-
    new
  80. odont/o
    tooth, teeth
  81. or/o
    mouth
  82. orth/o
    straight
  83. -osis
    abnormal condition
  84. palat/o
    palate
  85. pancreat/o
    pancreas
  86. par-
    apart
  87. peri-
    surrounding
  88. -phagia
    eating, swallowing
  89. -pepsia
    digestion
  90. peritone/o
    peritoneum
  91. pharyng/o
    throat
  92. -plasty
    surgical repair
  93. post-
    after, behind
  94. pro-
    before, forward
  95. -prandial
    meal
  96. proct/o
    anus, rectum
  97. prote/o
    protein
  98. -ptosis
    drooping, sagging, protruding, falling, prolapse
  99. -ptysis
    spitting
  100. pylor/o
    pyloric sphincter
  101. rect/o
    rectum
  102. rhin/o
    nose
  103. -rrhea
    discharge, flow
  104. -rrhage
    bursting forth (of blood)
  105. -rrhagia
    bursting forth (of blood)
  106. -rrhaphy
    suture
  107. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  108. -scopy
    process of visually examining
  109. sial/o
    saliva, salivary
  110. sialaden/o
    salivary gland
  111. sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon
  112. -spasm
    involuntary contraction of muscles
  113. splen/o
    spleen
  114. -stasis
    stopping, controlling
  115. steat/o
    fat
  116. -stenosis
    tightening, stricture, narrowing
  117. stomat/o
    mouth
  118. -stomy
    new opening (to form a mouth), new opening to the outside of the body (when used with CF that is a organ)
  119. sub-
    under, below
  120. -tresia
    opening
  121. -tomy
    incision, process of cutting, cutting into
  122. uvul/o
    uvula
  123. -y
    condition, process of
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Chapter 5 & 6
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