Chapter 6

  1. oro/stomato
    mouth
  2. glosso/linguo
    tongue
  3. bucco
    cheek
  4. cheilo/labio
    lip
  5. dento/odonto
    teeth
  6. gingivo
    gums
  7. sialo
    saliva
  8. esophago
    esophagus
  9. pharyngo
    pharynx
  10. gastro
    stomach
  11. pylor
    pylorus
  12. duodeno
    duodenum
  13. entero
    intestine
  14. jejuno
    jejunum
  15. ileo
    ileum
  16. appendo/appendico
    appendix
  17. colo/colono
    colon
  18. digmoid
    sigmoid colon
  19. recto
    rectum
  20. procto
    anus, rectum
  21. hepato
    liver
  22. pancreato
    pancreas
  23. cholangio
    bile vessel
  24. chole
    bile, gall
  25. cholecysto
    gallbladder
  26. orexia
    appetite
  27. pepsia
    digestion
  28. phagia
    swallowing, eating
  29. prandial
    meal
  30. anorexia
    without appetite - lack of appetite
  31. appendicitis
    appendix inflammation - inflammation of the appendix
  32. acites
    fluid in the abdomen
  33. cachexia
    physical wasting
  34. cholelithiasis
    gall stone abnormal condition - formation of gallstones
  35. cirrhosis
    chronic liver disease
  36. colic
    spasm in colon accompanied by pain
  37. deglutition
    act of swallowing
  38. dysentery
    inflammatiion of the intestine
  39. dyspepsia
    difficult digestion - indegestion
  40. eructation
    gas from stomach - belching
  41. flatus
    gas
  42. halitosis
    bad breath
  43. hematemesis
    blood vomiting
  44. melena
    dark stool due to blood
  45. peristalsis
    stomach growling
  46. regurgitation
    backward flowing
  47. endoscopy
    within visual examination
  48. cholecystography
    gall bladder process of recording
  49. nasogastric intubation
    nose stomach petaining to
  50. anastomosis
    surgical joining of two ducts
  51. colostomy
    colon incision
  52. lithotripsy
    stone crushing
  53. polypo
    small growth
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Adriclark
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Chapter 6
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Medical Terminology
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