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medical vocabulary
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2008
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The pathway food flows
 Definition

Oral Cavity-Pharynx-Esopagus-Stomach-

Duodenum-Jejunum-Ileum-Cecum-

Ascending Colon-Transverse Colon-

Descending Colon-Sigmoid Colon-

Rectum-Anus 
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an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
append/o
 Definition
appendix
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appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
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bucc/o
 Definition
cheek
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cec/o
 Definition
cecum
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celi/o
 Definition
belly, abdomen
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cheil/o
 Definition
lip
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
col/o
 Definition
colon, large intestine
Term
colon/o
 Definition
colon
Term
dent/i
 Definition
tooth
Term
duoden/o
 Definition
duodenum
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestines, usually small intestine
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
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faci/o
 Definition
face
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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ile/o
 Definition
ileum
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jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum
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labi/o
 Definition
lip
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
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lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
mandibul/o
 Definition
lower jaw, mandible
Term
odont/o
 Definition
tooth
Term
or/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
palat/o
 Definition
palate
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
Term
peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
throat
Term
proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
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pylor/o
 Definition
pyloric sphincter
Term
rect/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
sialaden/o
 Definition
salivary gland
Term
sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
stomat/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
Term
amyl/o
 Definition
starch
Term
bil/i
 Definition
gall, bile
Term
bilirubin/o
 Definition
bilirubin (bile pigment)
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chol/e
 Definition
gall, bile
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chlorhydr/o
 Definition
hydrochloric acid
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gluc/o
 Definition
sugar
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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glycogen/o
 Definition
glcogen, animal starch
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat, lipid
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
Term
prote/o
 Definition
protein
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sial/o
 Definition
saliva, salivary
Term
steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
-chezia
 Definition
defecation, elimination of wastes
Term
-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-prandial
 Definition
meal
Term
-ectasis, -ectasia
 Definition
stretching, dilation, dilatation; widening
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown, separation
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
droop; sag; protude
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-spasm
 Definition
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
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-stasis
 Definition
to stop; control
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
tightening, stricture, narrowing
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-tresia
 Definition
opening
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