Combining Forms
hepat/o
What is liver
-algia
what is pain
hetero-
what is different
instrument for measuring heat
what is therm/o -meter (thermometer)
idiopathic
what is unknown, peculiar disease
ABC
what is aspiration biopsy cytology
gingiv/o
what is gums
-megaly
what is enlargment
ad-
gallstone
what is bil/i -lith or chol/e -lith
(bililith or cholelith)
steatorrhea
what is discharge, flow of fat
what is magnetic resonance cholangioprancreatography
hist/o
what is tissue
-prandial
what is meal
trans-
what is across
disease of the intestine
what is enter/o -pathy
(enteropathy)
perisigmoiditis
inflammation of around the sigmoid colon
what is uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
cholecyst/o
what is gallbladder
-pepsia
what is digestion
homeo-
what is same or alike
enlargement of the liver
what is hepat/o -megaly
(hepatomegaly)
postprandial
what is behind meal of after meal
SPECT
what is single photon emission computed tomography
choledoch/o
what is bile duct
-ole
what is small or minute
post-
what is after or behind
involuntary contraction of the pylorus
what is pylor/o -spasm
(pylorospasm)
choledochoplasty
what is surgical repair of the bile duct
ESWL
what is extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy