Digestive System Chapter Review • CHAPTER 6 269269DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CHAPTER REVIEW
WORD ELEMENTS SUMMARY
The following table summarizes CFs, suffixes, and prefixes related to the digestive system. Study the word elements
and their meanings before completing the Word Elements Chapter Review that follows.
Word Element Meaning Word Element Meaning
Combining Forms
appendic/o appendix ile/o ileum (third part of the small
intestine)
carcin/o cancer jejun/o jejunum (second part of the small
intestine)
chol/e bile, gall lith/o stone, calculus
cholecyst/o gallbladder myc/o fungus
choledoch/o bile duct nas/o nose
cirrh/o, jaund/o yellow or/o, stomat/o mouth
col/o, colon/o colon orth/o straight
corpor/o body pancreat/o pancreas
dent/o, odont/o teeth peritone/o peritoneum
duoden/o duodenum (first part of the small polyp/o small growth
intestine)
enter/o intestine (usually the small proct/o anus, rectum
intestine)
esophag/o esophagus ptyal/o, sial/o saliva, salivary gland
gastr/o stomach rect/o rectum
gingiv/o gum(s) sigmoid/o sigmoid colon
gloss/o, lingu/o tongue son/o sound
hemat/o, hem/o blood tom/o to cut
hepat/o liver tox/o, toxic/o poison
Suffixes
-algia, -dynia pain -phagia swallowing, eating
-ectomy excision, removal -plasty surgical repair
-emesis vomiting -rrhaphy suture
-gram record, writing -rrhea discharge, flow
-graphy process of recording -scope instrument for examining
-iasis abnormal condition (produced -scopy visual examination
by something specified)
-itis inflammation -spasm involuntary contraction, twitching
-lith stone, calculus -stenosis narrowing, strictureContinued