| Term | Definition |
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-ectasis |
stretching, dilation, dilatation; widening |
|
-ectasia |
stretching, dilation, dilatation; widening |
|
-emesis |
vomiting |
|
-lysis |
destruction, breakdown, separation |
|
-pepsia |
digestion |
|
-phagia |
eating, swallowing |
|
-plasty |
surgical repair |
|
-ptosis |
droop; sag; protrude |
|
-ptysis |
spitting |
|
-rrhage |
bursting forth (of blood) |
|
-rrhagia |
bursting forth (of blood) |
|
-rrhaphy |
suture |
|
-rrhea |
flow, discharge |
|
-spasm |
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
|
-stasis |
to stop; control |
|
-stenosis |
tightening, stricture, narrowing |
|
-tresia |
opening |
|
bucc/o |
cheek |
|
cec/o |
cecum |
|
celi/o |
belly; abdomen |
|
cheil/o |
lips |
|
chol/e |
bile |
|
cholangi/o |
bile vessel (bile duct) |
|
cholecyst/o |
gallbladder |
|
choledoch/o |
common bile duct |
|
col/o |
colon; large intestine |
|
colon/o |
colon; large intestine |
|
dent/i |
teeth |
|
duoden/o |
duodenum |
|
enter/o |
intestine; small intestine |
|
esophag/o |
esophagus |
|
gastr/o |
stomach |
|
gingiv/o |
gums |
|
gloss/o |
tongue |
|
glyc/o |
sugar |
|
hepat/o |
liver |
|
herni/o |
hernia |
|
ile/o |
ileum |
|
jejun/o |
jejunum |
|
labi/o |
lip |
|
lingu/o |
tongue |
|
lip/o |
fat |
|
lith/o |
stone; calculus |
|
odont/o |
teeth |
|
or/o |
mouth |
|
palat/o |
palate |
|
pancreat/o |
pancreas |
|
proct/o |
anus and rectum |
|
pylor/o |
pyloric sphincter |
|
rect/o |
rectum |
|
sialaden/o |
salivary gland |
|
splen/o |
spleen |
|
steat/o |
fat |
|
stomat/o |
mouth |
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