Chapter 6: Additional Suffixes And Digestive System Terminology

Front 1

glyc/o

Back 1

glucose; sugar

Front 2

tom/o

Back 2

to cut

Front 3

gloss/o

Back 3

tongue

Front 4

palat/o

Back 4

palate

Front 5

cholecyst/o

Back 5

gallbladder

Front 6

gingiv/o

Back 6

gum

Front 7

lip/o

Back 7

fat; lipid

Front 8

esophag/o

Back 8

esophagus

Front 9

-phagia

Back 9

eating; swallowing

Front 10

herni/o

Back 10

hernia

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lith/o

Back 11

stone; calculus

Front 12

pancreat/o

Back 12

pancreas

Front 13

-rrhagia

Back 13

bursting forth of blood

Front 14

stomat/o

Back 14

mouth

Front 15

-rrhaphy

Back 15

suture

Front 16

-ectasis

Back 16

dialation (dialatation); widening

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or/o

Back 17

mouth

Front 18

-stenosis

Back 18

narrowing; tightening

Front 19

colon/o

Back 19

colon

Front 20

-ptysis

Back 20

spitting

Front 21

hepat/o

Back 21

liver

Front 22

-pepsia

Back 22

digestion

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steat/o

Back 23

fat

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jejun/o

Back 24

jejunum

Front 25

-spasm

Back 25

sudden contraction of muscles

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-rrhea

Back 26

flow; discharge

Front 27

chol/e

Back 27

bile or gall

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rect/o

Back 28

rectum

Front 29

-tresia

Back 29

opening

Front 30

pylor/o

Back 30

pylorus; pyloric sphincter

Front 31

-plasty

Back 31

surgical repair

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gastr/o

Back 32

stomach

Front 33

-rrhage

Back 33

bursting forth of blood

Front 34

cholangi/o

Back 34

bile vessel

Front 35

-emesis

Back 35

vomiting

Front 36

-stasis

Back 36

controlling; stopping

Front 37

lingu/o

Back 37

tongue

Front 38

col/o

Back 38

colon

Front 39

enter/o

Back 39

intestines (usually small intestine)

Front 40

ile/o

Back 40

ileum

Front 41

splen/o

Back 41

spleen