Medical Terminology Simplified

6–44 Gastr/o/megaly and megal/o/gastr/ia mean enlargement of the

____________________.

6–45 In megal/o/gastr/ia,the suffix -iais a noun ending that denotes a condition.

Use -icto change this word to an adjective.

____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________

6–46 Endo/scopy is a visual examination of a hollow organ or cavity using a rigid or

flexible fiber-optic tube and lighted optical system.

The term in this frame that means visual examination in or within (an organ) is

__________ / ____________________.

6–47 An endo/scope is used to perform endo/scopy. The organ being examined

dictates the name of the endoscop/ic procedure. For example, visual examination of

the esophagus is known as esophag/o/scopy,of the stomach is gastr/o/scopy, and of

the duodenum is duoden/o/scopy.

Endo/scopy is performed for bi/opsy, aspirating fluids, and coagulating bleeding

areas. A laser can also be passed through the endo/scope for endoscopic surgeries. A

camera or video recorder is commonly used during endo/scop/ic procedures to pro-

vide a permanent record of the findings.

When the physician examines the duodenum, the endoscopic procedure is called

____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

6–48 Gastr/o/scopy is visual examination of the stomach.Build another term with

-scopy that means visual examination of the esophagus.

___________________ / _____ / ____________________

6–49 Upper GI endoscopy, also referred to as EGD,includes visualization of the

esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.

Use Appendix E, page 615, to define EGD.

____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / _____ /

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

6–50 Surgery is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and trauma re-

quiring an operative procedure. Surgery to remove all or part of the stomach is called

____________________ / ____________________.

6–51 Form medical words that mean surgical repair of the

esophagus:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

stomach:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

228 CHAPTER 6• Digestive System

stomach

megal/o/gastr/ic

mĕg-ă-lō-GĂS-trĭk

endo/scopy

ĕn-DŎS-kō-pē

duoden/o/scopy

dū-ŏd-ĕ-NŎS-kō-pē

esophag/o/scopy

ē-sŏf-ă-GŎS-kō-pē

esophag/o/gastr/o/

duoden/o/scopy

ĕ-SŎF-ă-gō-găs-trō-dū-

ŏd-ĕ-NŎS-kō-pē

gastr/ectomy

găs-TRĔK-tō-mē

esophag/o/plasty

ē-SŎF-ă-gō-plăs-tē

gastr/o/plasty

GĂS-trō-plăs-tē