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R/CF-digestive system
root and combining forms for digestive system
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06/23/2012
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absorpt/o
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to suck in
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aden/o
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gland
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aliment/o
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nourishment
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amyl/o
 Definition
starch
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anabol/o
 Definition
building up
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append/o
 Definition
appendix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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bil/i
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gall, bile
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bucc/o
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cheek
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catabol/o
 Definition
a casting down
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cel/i
 Definition
stomach, belly
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cheil/o
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lip
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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cirrh/o
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orange-yellow
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col/o
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colon
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colon/o
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colon
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cyst/o
 Definition
bladder
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dent/o
 Definition
tooth
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diverticul/o
 Definition
diverticula (pouches in the walls of an organ)
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duoden/o
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duodenum (first part of the small intestine)
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines
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esophage/o
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esophagus
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fibr/o
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fibrous tissue
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sweet, sugar
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halit/o
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breath
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hemat/o
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blood
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hemorrh/o
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vein liable to bleed
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hepat/o
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liver
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herni/o
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hernia
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ile/o
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ileum
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labi/o
 Definition
lip
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lip/o
 Definition
fat
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odont/o
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tooth
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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pept/o
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to digest
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pharyng/e
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pharynx
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pil/o
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hair
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prand/i
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meal
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pylor/o
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pylorus, gatekeeper
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rect/o
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rectum
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid (part of colon)
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splen/o
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spleen
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stomat/o
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mouth
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verm/i
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worm
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doch/o
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duct
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eme
 Definition
to vomit
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eructat
 Definition
a breaking out (belch)
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masticat
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to chew
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mes
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middle
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paralyt
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to disable, paralysis
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nid
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nest
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log
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study of
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volvul
 Definition
to roll
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