Word Parts and Structural Terms
Combining Forms
abdomin/o: abdomen, abdominal
an/o: anus
antr/o: antrum
append/o, appendic/o: appendix
cec/o: cecum
celi/o: abdomen, abdominal cavity
cheil/o: lip
cholangi/o: bile duct
chol/e: gall, bile
choledoch/o: common bile duct
col/o: colon
colon/o: colon
diverticul/o: diverticulum
duoden/o: duodenum
enter/o: intestine
esophag/o: esophagus
gastr/o: stomach
gingiv/o: gum
gloss/o: tongue
hepat/o: liver
herni/o: hernia, protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall
ile/o: ileum
jejun/o: jejunum
lapar/o: abdomen, abdominal cavity
lingu/o: tongue
lith/o: stone
or/o: mouth
palat/o: palate
pancreat/o: pancreas
peritone/o: peritoneum
polyp/o: polyp, small growth
proct/o: rectum
pylor/o: pylorus
rect/o: rectum
sial/o: saliva, salivary gland
sigmoid/o: sigmoid colon
steat/o: fat
stomat/o: mouth
uvul/o: uvula
Prefixes
hemi-: half
endo-: within, in
sub-: under, below
dys-: painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
Suffixes
-ac: pertaining to (adjective)
-al: pertaining to (adjective)
-cele: hernia, protrusion (noun)
-centesis: surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (noun)
-ectomy: excision (noun)
-gram: the record, radiographic image (noun)
-graph: instrument used to record (noun)
-graphy: process of recording (noun)
-ia: condition of, diseased state, abnormal state (noun)
-iasis: condition (noun)
-itis: inflammation (noun)
-logist: specialist or physician who studies and treats (noun)
-logy: study of (noun)
-malacia: softening (noun)
-osis: abnormal condition (noun)
–pathy: disease (noun)
-pepsia: digestion (noun)
-phagia: eating or swallowing (noun)
-plasty: surgical repair (noun)
-ptosis: prolapse, drooping (noun)
-rrhaphy: suturing, repairing (noun)
-rrhea: flow, discharge (noun)
-scope: instrument used for visualization (noun)
-scopy: process of viewing, visualization (noun)
-stomy: creation of an artificial opening (noun)
-tomy: incision, cut into (noun)
Structural Terms Built from Word Parts
abdominal: pertaining to the abdomen
anal: pertaining to the anus
celiac: pertaining to the abdomen
colorectal: pertaining to the colon and rectum
duodenal: pertaining to the duodenum
esophageal: pertaining to the esophagus
gastric: pertaining to the stomach
ileocecal: pertaining to the ileum and cecum
lingual: pertaining to the tongue
nasogastric: pertaining to the nose and stomach
oral: pertaining to the mouth
pancreatic: pertaining to the pancreas
peritoneal: pertaining to the peritoneum
rectal: pertaining to the rectum
stomatogastric: pertaining to the mouth and stomach
sublingual: pertaining to under the tongue