Medical Terminology- Chapter 6- Digestive System

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friable easily broken or pulverized
punctate having pinpoint punctures or depressions on the surface
varices tortuous dilation of a vein
stomat/o mouth
cheil/o lip
gingiv/o gums
sial/os saliva
enter/o intestine
proct/o anus, rectum
an/o anus
cholangi/o bile vessel
chol/e bile
cholecyst/o gall bladder
abnormal condition -iasis
-orexia appetite
digestion -pepsia
meal -parandial
ascites accumulation of serous fluid in the abdomen
cachexia general lack of nutrition
Crohn disease chronic inflammation
colic spasm of hollow organ accompanied by pain
deglutition act of swollowing
dysentery inflammation of the intestine; results in blood diarrhea
dyspepsia epigastric discomfort felt after eating, indigestion
eructation belching
fecalith fecal concretion
flatus gas
halitosis bad breath
hematemesis vomiting of blood
Irritable bowel syndrome symptom complex marked by abdominal pain and altered bowel function
obstipation severe constipation
melena passage of dark colored stools
oral leukoplakia formation of white spts or patches ont he mucous membrane of the tongue, lips, or cheek
steatorrhea passage of fat in large amounts in the feces due to failure to digest and absorb it