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Terminology Ch.V
Medical terminology - Combining form, Prefix, & Suffix
Term | Definition |
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abdomen/o | abdomen |
celi/o | abdomen |
lapar/o | abdomen |
append/o | that which is added, vermiform appendix |
appendic/o | that which is added, vermiform appendix |
chol/e | bile, gall |
bil/i | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
halit/o | breath |
colon/o | colon, large intestine |
col/o | colon, large intestine |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
esophagi/o | esophagus |
ile/o | ileum (3rd part of small intestine) |
intestine/o | intestine |
enter/o | intestine |
lip/o | fat |
hepat/o | blood |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
py/o | pus |
rect/o | rectum, straight |
proct/o | rectum/anus |
enter/o | small intestine, intestine |
gluc/o | sugar, glucose |
dia- | through, complete |
mal- | bad, poor |
par- | beside, near |
peri- | around, surrounding |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-chezia | condition of stools |
-emesis | vomit, vomiting |
-pepsia | digestion condition |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
-tresia | condition of an opening |