Digestive System Supplementary Information
Digestive System Supplementary Information
Additional Terms Not Listed in Textbook
| Term | Definition | Example |
| amyl/o | starch | amylase |
| bil/i | gall, bile | biliary |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment, bilirubin | hyperbilirubinemia |
| cec/o | cecum | cecal |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen | celiac |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid | achlorhydria |
| chol/e | gall, bile | cholelithiasis |
| faci/o | face | facial |
| glyc/o, gluc/o | sugar | gluconeogenesis, glycosuria |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch | hyperglycemia |
| lapar/o | abdomen | laparoscopy |
| lip/o | fat, lipid | lipoma |
| lith/o | stone | lithogenesis |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible | submandibular |
| palat/o | palate | palatoplasty |
| peritone/o | peritoneum | peritonitis |
| prote/o | protein | protease |
| py/o | pus | pyorrhea |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon | sigmoidoscopy |
| steat/o | fat | steatorrhea |
| uvul/o | uvula | uvulectomy |
| -ase | enzyme | lipase |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of waste | hematochezia |
| -iasis | abnormal condition | colelithiasis |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones | colelithiasis |
| -orexia | appetite | anorexia |
| -pepsia | digestion | dyspepsia |
| -phage, -phagia | swallowing, eating | dysphagia |
| -prandial | meal | periprandial |
| -ptysis | spitting | hemoptysis |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) | hemorrhage |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping | hemostasis |
| -tresia | opening | atresia |
Digestive System Information Video
Areas of Clarification
This chapter focuses on the terms that relate to the Digestive System. This includes combining forms and suffixes that are pertinent to digestion. You will use the prefixes, suffixes, and additional combining forms you have learned in chapters 1-5 and apply them here to create medical terms pertaining to the digestive system.
Most of the information in the textbook is fairly straightforward, but to learn more about the structure and function of the digestive system watch this video: