Language of Medicine Ch 5 & 6 Review p215
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77 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -ase | enzyme |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of waste |
| -ectasia | stretching |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping, prolapse |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, placing |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube (bronchus) |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholangi/o | bile ducts |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile ducts |
| cib/o | meal |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| eti/o | cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| idi/o | unknown, individual, distinct |
| ile/o | ileum |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prote/o | protein |
| pylor/o | pylor sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
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