Word Roots
Suffixes
Disorders
Digestion
and
Vomiting
The
Palate
100
stomach
What is gastr/o
100
-ologist
What suffix means spacialist
100
the lack or loss of appeite for food
What is anorexia
100
an impairment of digestion
What is Dyspepsia (indigestion)
100
forms the roof of the mouth, consists of two parts: the hard and soft platalets
What is the palate
200
liver
What is hepat/o
200
-itis
What is inflammation
200
inflammation of one or more diverticulum
What is Diverticulitis
200
the act of belching or raising gas orally from the stomach
What is erustation
200
are irregular ridges or folds in the mucos membrane, cover the anterior portion of the hard palate
What is Rugae
300
chole/o
What is gallbladder
300
-osis
What is condition
300
the disorder of the motility of the entire GI tract
What is Spatic colon
300
the sensation that leads to the urge to vomit
What is Nausea
300
forms the bony anterior portion of the palate that is covered with speacialized mucous membrane
What is the hard palate
400
esaphag/o
What is esophagus
400
-scope
What is an instrument for visual examination
400
a group of complex symptoms including pain, headache, or difficulty in chewing that are related to the functioning of the temporomandibular joint
What is temporomandibular disorder
400
the return of swallowed food into the mouth
What is Regurgitation
400
hangs from the free edge of the soft palate, helps in sounds and speech
What is the uvula
500
gingiv/o
What is your gums
500
-lithiasis
What is the precense of stones
500
the passage of the black stools containing digested blood
What is Melena
500
the absence of hydrochlorichacid from the gastric secretions
What is Achlorhydia
500
forms the flexible posterior potion of the palate
What is the Soft palate
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