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Digestive and urinary root words
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06/03/2025
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Term
Abdomin/o
 Definition
 Abdomen
Term
An/o
 Definition
Anus
Term
Bil/i
 Definition
Bile
Term
Celi/o
 Definition
 Abdomen
Term
Chole/o
 Definition
Bile or gall
Term
Col/o
 Definition
Colon
Term
Colon/o
 Definition
Colon
Term
Duoden/o
 Definition
 Duodenum (first part of the small intestine)
Term
albumin/o
 Definition

  •  albumin (a protein)

 

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Term
appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
bucc/o
 Definition
cheek
Term
cec/o
 Definition
 cecum
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
 gallbladder
Term
enter/o
 Definition
 intestine
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
Term
gloss/o
 Definition
 tongue
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
 liver
Term
ile/o
 Definition
 ileum
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
 jejunum
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
 abdominal wall
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lingu/o
 Definition

  • tongue

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Term
or/o
 Definition
 mouth
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
 pancreas
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proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
Term
azot/o
 Definition
nitrogen
Term
bladder/o
 Definition
bladder
Term
glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
Term
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
kal/i
 Definition
potassium
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ket/o
 Definition
ketone bodies
Term
lith/o
 Definition
 stone
Term
meat/o
 Definition
meatus (opening)
Term
nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
noct/o
 Definition
 night
Term
olig/o
 Definition
 scanty
Term
poly/o
 Definition
many, excessive
Term
protein/o
 Definition
protein
Term
py/o
 Definition
 pus
Term
pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
tox/o
 Definition
 poison
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ureter/o
 Definition
 ureter
Term
urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
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urin/o
 Definition
 urine
Term
vesic/o
 Definition
bladder
Term
sial/o
 Definition
 saliva
Term
trigon/o
 Definition
 trigone (a triangular area in the bladder)
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cephal/o
 Definition
head (can be used in relation to mouth and digestive structures)
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chym/o
 Definition
chyme (partially digested food in the stomach)
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