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Chabner12-Ch06parts
Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter 06 - Word Parts
Term | Definition |
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bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum (first part of colon) |
celi/o | belly; abdomen |
cheil/o | lip |
chol/e | bile; gall |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct (CBD) |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
dent/i | tooth; teeth |
duoden/o | duodenum |
-ectasia | dilation; dilatation; widening |
-ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
-emesis | vomiting |
enter/o | intestines (usually small intestines) |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gum |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
ile/o | ileum (final portion of small intestine) |
jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part of small intestine) |
labi/o | lip |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat (a type of lipid) |
lith/o | stone; calculus |
odont/o | tooth |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate (roof of the mouth) |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | condition of eating; swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
-ptysis | spitting |
pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter |
rect/o | rectum |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
-spasm | sudden contraction of muscles |
splen/o | spleen |
-stasis | stopping; controlling; placing |
steat/o | fat; sebum |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture |
stomat/o | mouth |
-tresia | opening |