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URL of this page: https://medlineplus.gov/medwords/wordroots3.html
Understanding Medical Words Tutorial
Here are word roots for your digestive organs.
- Liver is hepat or hepato
- Gallbladder is cholecyst
- Esophagus is esoph or esopha
- Large intestine is colo
- Stomach is gastr or gastro
- Small intestine is ileo