Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0624 review, 2 to 3 minutes
Capstone: Fourteen Digestive Terms Decoded
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The idea
This capstone decodes fourteen digestive terms using the word parts of Units 2 through 10.
In practice
Fourteen decodes, suffix first.
Where people slip
Nine of these fourteen use the suffix itis. The unit supplied the roots; Unit 2 supplied the suffix nine times over.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- 0018The Three-Step Decode
- 0585gloss/o: Tongue
- 0589gastr/o: Stomach
- 0595enter/o: Small Intestine
- 0596col/o and colon/o: Colon
- 0601hepat/o: Liver
- 0602cholecyst/o: Gallbladder
- 0605pancreat/o: Pancreas
- 0611-pepsia: Digestion
- 0612-phagia: Eating or Swallowing
- 0062-itis: Inflammation
- 0088-ectomy: Excision
- 0095-scopy: Visual Examination
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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