Digestive System Common Word Parts Flash Cards

This set of fifteen common word parts are related to the digestive, or gastrointestinal, system. Several of these are particularly challenging! How many do you know?

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Free Medical Terminology Flash Cards

Gastr/o definition

Med term for stomach, belly

Proct/o definition

Med term for anus and rectum

Chol/e definition

Med term for bile, gall

-lithiasis definition

Med term for presence of stones

Col/o or colon/o definition

Med term for colon, large intestine

Enter/o definition

Med term for small intestine

-pepsia definition

Med term for digest, digestion

An/o definition

Med term for anus, ring

Sigmoid/o definition

Med term for sigmoid colon



Hepat/o definition

Med term for liver

Cholecyst/o definition

Med term for gallbladder

-phagia definition

Med term for eating/swallowing

Rect/o definition

Med term for rectum, straight

-emesis definition

Med term for vomiting

Esophag/o definition

Med term for esophagus

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