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- laparo-, lapar- (Greek: the soft part of the body between the ribs and the hip, flank, loin; denotes the flank or loins and the abdominal wall) (three matching results)
- ileo-, ile- (Greek > Latin: ile, ileum, or ilium [singular], ilia [plural], groin, flank, lower part of the body, gut, bowels, abdomen, loins; from Greek eileos, verbal of eilein, to roll or twist up tightly; used earlier interchangeably with ilium, but later referred to the entire intestine], last division of the small intestine) (three matching results)
- mecono-, mecon- (Greek > Latin: [mekonion > meconium] of or pertaining to the poppy, poppy, poppy-juice; opium) (two matching results)
- -agogue, -agog (lead, bring, take) words: agogic to xenagogy (two matching results)
- jejuno-, jejun- (Latin: the fasting [intestine], the portion of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum [so named because early anatomists typically found this organ to be empty in dissection]; original meaning, "hungry, not partaking of food") (two matching results)
- typhlo-, typhl- (Greek: blind, blindness [typhlos, blind]; denotes relationship to the cecum or the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch; also called the "blindgut" or "blind intestine" [caecum, "blind, blind gut", typhlon, cecum]) (two matching results)
- recto-, rect- (Latin: straight [intestine], direct, right; that is, "the part of the large intestine that ends at the anus") (two matching results)
- Prefixes a-, an- words: abacterial to alexia, part 1 of 4 (two matching results)
- colo-, col- (Greek: colon or large intestine [that part which extends from the cecum to the rectum]) (one matching result)
- entero-, enter- (Greek: intestine, gut) (one matching result)
- ceco-, cec-, caeco-, caec- (Latin: blind, blind gut [first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, the colon, and the appendix vermiformis]; any blind pouch) (one matching result)
- phobo-, -phobia (excessive fear; hatred for) words: radiophobia to syphiliphobia, part 12 of 13 (one matching result)
- hernio-, herni- (Latin: protruded viscus; rupture; in the sense of "protrusion of tissue or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the surrounding walls") (one matching result)
- clys (Greek: to wash; washing) (one matching result)
- adeno-, aden- (gland, glandular) words: adenalgia to anadenia, part 1 of 2 (one matching result)
- duodeno-, duoden- (Latin: first part of the small intestine; based on duodecim, "twelve", because its length is approximately twelve finger-breadths) (one matching result)
- sal-, sali- (salt) dictionary words: cum grano salis to soused, part 1 of 1 (one matching result)
- faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna (Latin: animal; a collective name for the animals of a certain region or time) (one matching result)
- atrio-, atri- (Latin: entrance hall or chamber; upper heart chamber; central room) (one matching result)
- sequest-, sequestr- (Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, trustee; to shut up illegally) (one matching result)
- tacho-, tachy- (fast, speed, swift) dictionary words: acestachy to tachyzoite, part 1 of 1 (one matching result)
- lumen-, lumin- (light, shine; torch, lamp; heavenly body) words: bioluminescence to unilluminated (one matching result)
- crist- (Latin: crest) (one matching result)
- typho-, typh-, -typhoidal (smoke, mist, vapor, cloud, fog; in medicine, fever accompanied by stupor or a clouding of the mind resulting from a fever) dictionary words: antityphoid to typhus, part 1 of 1 (one matching result)
- tracheo-, trache- (Greek: windpipe; originally, "rough" artery) (one matching result)
- aero-, aer- (air, mist, wind) words: aeroacoustics to anaerogenic, part 1 of 2 (one matching result)
- diverticul- (Latin: [from di-, "apart" and vertere, "to turn"] by-road, digression, deviation; to turn away, go in different directions) (one matching result)