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Week 8 Gastrointestinal

Medical Terminology Sheet for Gastrointestinal

NSG120 Pathophysiology

Mouth: or/o

Stomach: gastro/o

Liver: hepat/o

Pharynx: pharyng/o

Small intestine: enter/o

Gallbladder: cholecyst/o

Esophagus: esophag/o

Large intestine: col/o

Pancreas: pancreat/o

Rectum and Anus: an/o, proct/o, rect/o

Colon: col/o colon/o

Abdomen: abdomin/o

-algia

pain

odonti

teeth

-graphy

the process of recording

aliment/o

to nourish

palat/o

palate

hem/o

blood

cec/o

cecum, blind gut

peps/i

digestion

hemat

blood

cheil/o

lips

pept/o

digestion

hyper-

excessive

chol/e

bile

-pexy

surgical fixation

hypo-

decreased

choledoch/o

common bile duct

-phagia

swallowing

-ic

pertaining to

diverticul/o

diverticulum

pyr/o

fire

-itis

inflammation

emesis

vomiting

-rrhaphy

to suture

lapar/o

flank, abdomen

gingiv/o

gums

-rrhagia

bleeding

-ologist

specialist

halit/o

breath

-rrhea

abnormal flow

-ology

the study of

hemorrhoid

piles

-rrhexis

rupture

-osis

abnormal condition

hiat/o

opening

tom/o

section, cut

-ostomy

surgically creating an opening

ile/o

ileum

-tome

instrument to cut

-otomy

surgical incision into

intestine/o

intestine

-tomy

cutting or incision

peri-

surrounding

ism

condition

-al

pertaining to

-plasty

surgical repair

occult

hidden or difficult to see

-ary

pertaining to

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

lith

stone

dia-

through

-scopy

visual examination of

lithiasis

presence of stones

dys-

difficult, bad painful

megaly

enlargement

-ectomy

surgical removal

metabol

change

endo-

within

jejun/o

jejunum

-graph

record of

Instructions: Define the following terms using their roots/suffixes, and prefixes. Create and define 10 additional terms. Submit to the Canvas Drop Box. Submissions must be handwritten.

1. alimentary

2. cholecystectomy

3. cholelithiasis

4. colonoscopy

5. colostomy

6. diarrhea

7. diverticulitis

8. dyspepsia

9. dysphagia

10. gastrectomy

11. gastroenterologist

12. gastrorrhagia

13. gastrostomy

14. hematemesis

15. hemoccult

16. hemorrhoidectomy

17. hepatitis

18. hepatomegaly

19. ileostomy

20. metabolism

21. palatoplasty

22. periodontitis

23. proctology

24. pyrosis

25. tomography

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Instructions: Create and define 10 additional terms using the prefixes, roots, and suffixes from this week’s list.

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Prefix

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Suffix

Definition

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