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8.5
gastrointestinal system combining forms and suffixes
Term | Definition |
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abdomen/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
aliment/o | nourishment, food |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum (first segment of the large intestine) |
cheil/o | lip(s) |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choled/o | common bile duct |
col/o, colon/o | (large)intestine, colon |
dent/I, dent/o, odont/o | tooth(teeth) |
duoden/o | duodenum(first section of the small intestine) |
enter/o | (small)intestine |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
esophag/o | esophagus (food tube) |
gastr/o | stomach |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | lleum (last section of the small intestine) |
intestine/o | intestine |
jejun/o | jejunum (second section of the small intestine) |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
periton/o | peritoneum |
phryng/o | pharynx(throat) |
proct/o, rect/o | anus |
sial/o | saliva |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
-ase | enzyme |