Medical Terminology: Understanding Word Parts in the Digestive System, Lecture notes of Medical Sciences

Download Medical Terminology: Understanding Word Parts in the Digestive System and more Lecture notes Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! Medical Terminology Chapter 8, Page 217 Digestive System,Word Parts Prefixes Definitions Combining Forms Definitions Suffixes Definitions anti- against aer/o air -al pertaining to dia- through an/o anus -ectomy surgical removal dys- difficult, painful, or bad cheil/o lips of the mouth -emesis vomiting endo- within chole bile -graphy produce picture or sound hyper- excessive cholecyst/o gall bladder -ic pertaining to peri- surrounding choledoch/o common bile duct -ism condition cirrh yellow or orange -ist specialist col/o colon -itis inflammation colon/o colon -lithiasis presence of stones diverticul/o diverticulum -megaly abnormal enlargment duoden/o doudenum -occult hidden emet vomiting -ologist specialist enter/o small intestine -osis abnormal condition esophag/o esophagus -ostomy surgically create an opening gastr/o stomach -pepsia digestion gingiv gums -pexy surgical fixation gingiv gingival -phagia swallowing halit breath -plasty sugical repair hemat/o blood -rrhaphy surgical suturing hepat/o liver -rrhea flow or discharge hiat opening -scopy visual examination ile ileum -stoma mouth ile small intestine -um noun ending lith/o stone metabol change odont teeth odonti teeth orth/o straight or normal palat/o palate pept digestion proct/o anus and rectum pyr/o fever or fire rect/o rectum sigmoid/o sigmoid colon tom/o slice or cut xer/o dry