Medical Terminology Simplified

6–11 Sial/o/rrhea,more commonly called ptyal/ism or hyper/salivation,refers to

excessive secretion of saliva. Analyze sial/o/rrhea by defining the elements:

The CF sial/orefers to salivary glandsor ____________________.

The suffix -rrhearefers to discharge or __________.

The CF ptyal/orefers to ____________________.

The suffix -ismrefers to ____________________.

6–12 The CF lingu/omeans tongue.The prefix sub-means under.

Sub/lingu/al means pertaining to under or below the____________________.

6–13 The CF maxill/omeans jaw.Sub/maxill/ary is a directional term that

means under the__________.

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Upper GI Tract • CHAPTER 6 223223

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Figure 6-2Upper GI tract.

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