hepat/o

• hepatitishepat·itis

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-itisinflammation

  inflammation of the liver · In the dictionary

• hepatomegalyhepato·megaly

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-megalyenlargement

  an enlarged liver

• hepatichepat·ic

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  relating to the liver

• hepatocytehepato·cyte

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-cytecell

  a liver cell, the main cell type of liver tissue

• hepatomahepat·oma

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-omatumor, swelling

  a tumor of the liver

• hepatologyhepato·logy

  1. Roothepat/oliver
  2. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the branch of medicine that deals with the liver and its diseases

• prehepaticpre·hepat·ic

  1. Prefixpre-before, in front of
  2. +Roothepat/oliver
  3. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  occurring before the liver, especially in the portal blood on its way to the liver

• suprahepaticsupra·hepat·ic

  1. Prefixsupra-above
  2. +Roothepat/oliver
  3. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  situated above the liver or on its upper surface, as a suprahepatic abscess

• hem/o, hemat/oblood

Terms in our life science dictionary that list hepat/o among their word parts.

• Liver

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• 12.2 Word Components Related to the Digestive System – Medical Terminology 2e
• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• HEPATO- Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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