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1. Amyl/o means starch-amylase is the enzyme digests starch. 2. Bil/i means bile or gall-bilary is pertaining to bile. Biliary tract consists of liver and gallbladder and the hepatic duct, cystic duct, and the common bile duct that secrete and empty the bile into the duodenum. 3. Bilirubin/o means bilirubin or bile pigment-hyperbilirubinemia is the excessive secretion of bilirubin in the blood. 4. Chol/e means gall or bile-cholelithiasis is the abnormal condition of stone in the bile. 5. Gluc/o means sugar or glucose-glucolysis the process of converting the stored glucose into energy. 6. Glycogen/o means glycogen or animal-glycogenolysis is the breaking down of glycogen. 7. Lith/o means stone-cholecystolithiasis is the abnormal condition of stone in the gallbladder. 8. Lip/o means fat-lipoma is the benign neoplasm of fat tissue consists of mature fat cells. 9. Sial/o means saliva or salivary-sialolith is the stone in the salivary glands. 10. Steat/o means fat-steato

1. Append/o means appendix-appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix. 2. An/o means anus-the opening between buttock cheeks by which the feces are excreted. Perianal means around the anus. 3. Bucc/o means cheek-the lateral of the mouth forms the side of the face. Buccal mucosa is the mucous area in the cheek. 4. Celi/o means abdomen or belly-celiac means concerning to abdomen. 5. Cheil/o means lips-cheilosis is the abnormal condition of lips. 6. Choledoch/o means common bile duct-choledochotomy is the incision of common bile duct. 7. Cholecyst/o means common gallbladder-cholecystectomy is surgical removal of gallbladder. 8. Col/o means large intestine or colon-colostomy is the opening in the colon. 9. Colon/o means colon-colonic means concerning to colon. Colonoscopy is the viewing process of the colon. 10. Dent/i means tooth dentibuccal means concerning to the teeth and cheek. 11. Duoden/o means duodenum. Duodenal is concerning to duodenum. 12. Esop