n w 8 part 1
Week 8 Gastrointestinal
Medical Terminology Sheet for Gastrointestinal
NSG120 Pathophysiology
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Mouth: or/o |
Stomach: gastro/o |
Liver: hepat/o |
Pharynx: pharyng/o |
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Small intestine: enter/o |
Gallbladder: cholecyst/o |
Esophagus: esophag/o |
Large intestine: col/o |
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Pancreas: pancreat/o |
Rectum and Anus: an/o, proct/o, rect/o |
Colon: col/o colon/o |
Abdomen: abdomin/o |
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-algia |
pain |
odonti |
teeth |
-graphy |
the process of recording |
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aliment/o |
to nourish |
palat/o |
palate |
hem/o |
blood |
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cec/o |
cecum, blind gut |
peps/i |
digestion |
hemat |
blood |
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cheil/o |
lips |
pept/o |
digestion |
hyper- |
excessive |
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chol/e |
bile |
-pexy |
surgical fixation |
hypo- |
decreased |
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choledoch/o |
common bile duct |
-phagia |
swallowing |
-ic |
pertaining to |
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diverticul/o |
diverticulum |
pyr/o |
fire |
-itis |
inflammation |
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emesis |
vomiting |
-rrhaphy |
to suture |
lapar/o |
flank, abdomen |
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gingiv/o |
gums |
-rrhagia |
bleeding |
-ologist |
specialist |
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halit/o |
breath |
-rrhea |
abnormal flow |
-ology |
the study of |
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hemorrhoid |
piles |
-rrhexis |
rupture |
-osis |
abnormal condition |
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hiat/o |
opening |
tom/o |
section, cut |
-ostomy |
surgically creating an opening |
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ile/o |
ileum |
-tome |
instrument to cut |
-otomy |
surgical incision into |
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intestine/o |
intestine |
-tomy |
cutting or incision |
peri- |
surrounding |
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ism |
condition |
-al |
pertaining to |
-plasty |
surgical repair |
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occult |
hidden or difficult to see |
-ary |
pertaining to |
-scope |
instrument used for visual examination |
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lith |
stone |
dia- |
through |
-scopy |
visual examination of |
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lithiasis |
presence of stones |
dys- |
difficult, bad painful |
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megaly |
enlargement |
-ectomy |
surgical removal |
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metabol |
change |
endo- |
within |
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jejun/o |
jejunum |
-graph |
record of |
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1. alimentary |
2. cholecystectomy |
3. cholelithiasis |
4. colonoscopy |
5. colostomy |
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6. diarrhea |
7. diverticulitis |
8. dyspepsia |
9. dysphagia |
10. gastrectomy |
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11. gastroenterologist |
12. gastrorrhagia |
13. gastrostomy |
14. hematemesis |
15. hemoccult |
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16. hemorrhoidectomy |
17. hepatitis |
18. hepatomegaly |
19. ileostomy |
20. metabolism |
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21. palatoplasty |
22. periodontitis |
23. proctology |
24. pyrosis |
25. tomography |
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