Medical Terminology Chapter 8 and 9 word parts
pepsia
digestion
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
lithiasis
presence of stones
rect/o
rectum
proct/o
rectum and anus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
sigmoid/o
segment of the colon that empties into the rectum
lith/o
stone, calculus
ectasis
stretching, expansion
pexy
surgical fixation
dia
Complete, Apart, Between, and Through (CABT)
ren/o, nephr/o
Kidneys
col/o, colon/o
Large Intestine
cele
Tumor, Hernia, and Swelling (THS)
an/o
anus
chol/e
bile
glomerul/o
cluster of capillaries in the kidney
esophag/o
esophagus
hepat/o
liver
stomat/o, or/o
mouth
pancreat/o
pancreas
pharyng/o
pharynx & throat
prostat/o
prostate
enter/o
small intestines
gastr/o
stomach
tripsy
to crush
lysis
to dissolve, breakdown
phagia
to eat, swallow
ureter/o
ureters
urethr/o
urethra
cyst/o
urinary bladder
ur/o, uria, urin/o
urine
emesis
vomitting