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Bile reflux is a condition where bile, a digestive fluid produced in the liver, flows back into the stomach and esophagus. This can cause inflammation and irritation of the lining of the stomach and esophagus, leading to symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Bile reflux can be caused by a variety of factors, including surgeries that affect the stomach or gallbladder, diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and certain medications. It is often difficult to diagnose, as its symptoms can be similar to those of other digestive disorders. Treatment for bile reflux may involve medications to reduce the production of bile or to neutralize the acid in the stomach. Lifestyle changes such as avoiding trigger foods, losing weight, and elevating the head of the bed may also be recommended. In more severe cases, surgery may be required to correct the underlying cause of the bile reflux or to repair any damage to the esophagus or stomach lining. It is important to seek medical attention if you experience symptoms of bile reflux, as it can lead to complications such as ulcers or esophageal cancer if left untreated. Prevention measures for bile reflux include maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding trigger foods and beverages, and not lying down immediately after eating. It is also important to follow the instructions of any medications and to discuss any concerns or changes in symptoms with your healthcare provider.
| Name | Country | Type |
| -ac | greek | "one afflicted with" |
| -alis | latin | "related to" or "pertaining to" |
| -ase | greek | "enzyme" |
| -ation | latin | "process" |
| -cide (-cīda) | latin | "killer" or "killing" |
| -dynia / odúnē (ὀδύνη) | greek | "pain" |
| -emia / haima (αἷμα) | greek | blood |
| -iatry / iatrós (ἰατρός) | greek | "healer" |
| -ism | ||
| -itis | greek | "inflammation" |
| -ium | latin | "tissue" or structure" |
| -olus | latin | "small" |
| -oma | greek | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| -opsy / opsis (ὄψῐς) | greek | "view" or "examination" |
| -ose | latin | "sugar" or "carbohydrate" |
| -osis | greek | "pathological" or "abnormal condition" |
| -rupt | latin | "erupt" or "break" or "burst" |
| -sy | greek | "pathological condition" |
| a- | greek | "deprive" or "without" or "from, away from, off" |
| ab- | latin | "from", "away from" |
| abdomin (abdōmen) | latin | "abdomen", "fat around the belly" |
| absorbēre | latin | "to absorb" |
| acanth / akantha (ἄκανθα) | greek | "thorn" or "spine" |
| acro / akron (ἄκρον) | greek | "extremity", "topmost" |
| acutus | latin | "sharp" |
| ad- | latin | "near" |
| aden (ἀδήν, ἀδέν-) | greek | "gland" |
| adips | latin | "fat" or "fatty tissue" |
| aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) | greek | "air" or "gas" |
| aesthesis (αἴσθησις ) | greek | "sensation" |
| akoustikós (ἀκουστικός) | greek | "hearing" |
| albus | latin | "white" or "pale color" |
| algos (ἄλγος) | greek | "pain" |
| amine | ||
| amnion (ἄμνιο) | greek | pertaining to the amnion (membranous fetal sac) |
| amphi (ἀμφί) | latin | "on both sides" or "both of two" |
| amylon | greek | "starch" |
| an- | greek | "not" or "without" |
| ana (ἀνα) | greek | "up" or "widening" |
| andr (ἀνδρ, ἀνήρ) | greek | "male" |
| aneurysma | greek | "dilation" |
| angere | latin | "to choke" or "to strangle" |
| angi | greek | "blood vessel" |
| anisos (ἄνῑσος) | greek | "unequal" |
| ankulos (ἀγκύλος) | greek | "bent" or "crooked" or "curved" |
| anthropos (άνθρωπος) | greek | "human" |
| anti- | greek | "against" or "opposed" |
| aortikos | greek | "pertaining to the aorta" |
| appendere | latin | "to hang something on" |
| arteria (αρσενικός) | greek | "windpipe" or "air hose" or "artery" |
| arthro- (ἄρθρον) | greek | "joint" |
| askos | greek | "bag" or "sack" |
| astma | greek | "panting" or "shortness of breath" |
| ather (ἀθάρη) | "fatty deposit" or "soft gruel-like deposit" | |
| atopos (ἄτοπος) | greek | "out of place" |
| autos (αὐτός) | greek | "self" or "the same" |
| bacillus | latin | "rod-shaped" |
| bakterion (βακτήριον) | greek | "small staff" |
| basis (βάσις) | greek | "foundation" or "base" |
| bi | latin | "twice" or "double" |
| bios (βίος) | greek | "life" |
| blastos (βλαστός) | greek | "germinate" or "bud" |
| brachus (βραχύς) | greek | "short" or "little" or "shallow" |
| bradus (βραδύς) | greek | "slow" |
| bronkhos | greek | "windpipe" or "throat |
| bursa | greek | "purse" |
| candidus | latin | "white" or "shining white" or "pure white" |
| capillus | latin | "hair" |
| capit | latin | "the head" |
| cellula | latin | "small cell" |
| cephalo (kephalḗ - κεφαλή) | greek | "the head" |
| chir / kheir (χείρ) / kheiro (χειρο) | greek | "hand" |
| chlor- | greek | "green" |
| chole / khole (χολή) | greek | "bile" |
| chronos | greek | "time" |
| cingulum | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| cis | latin | "on this side" |
| clast / klastos (κλαστός) | greek | "broken" or "break" |
| co | latin | "with" or "together" or "in association" |
| coccus / kokkos (κόκκος) | greek | "round" or "spherical" |
| congenitus | latin | "born with" |
| conjunctiv | ||
| contra | latin | "against" |
| corona | latin | "crown" or "garland" |
| cortex | latin | "outer region" |
| crine / krino (κρίνω) | greek | "to secrete" or "separate" or "discern" or "divide" |
| croupe | old french | "rump" or "haunch" |
| cryo | greek | "cold" |
| cyan- | greek | "blue" |
| cystis | latin | "bladder" |
| dactyl / dáktulos (δάκτυλος) | greek | "finger" or "toe" |
| de- | latin | "deprive" or "from, away from, off" |
| dent / dens / dentis | latin | "teeth" |
| derma | greek | "skin" |
| dia (διά) | greek | "through" or "across" |
| diabainein | greek | "to pass through" |
| diplo | greek | "double" |
| dipsa (δίψα) | greek | "thirst" |
| dromos (δρόμος) | greek | "a running" or "a course" |
| dupli | latin | "double" |
| dura / durus | latin | "hard" |
| dys- | greek | "difficult" or "abnormal" |
| ecto / ektós (ἐκτός) | greek | "outer" or "outside" |
| ectomy / ektome (ἐκτομή) | greek | "excision" or "removal of body part" |
| eidos | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| emphysao | greek | "to blow" or "to inflate" |
| en- | latin | "in" |
| endo | greek | "inside" |
| enteron | latin | "intestine" |
| epi- (ἐπι-) | greek | "up" or "before" or "outside" |
| epilepsia (ἐπιληψία) | greek | "seizure" or "to seize" |
| equi | latin | "equal" |
| erythr- | greek | "red" |
| erythro /eruthrós (ἐρυθρός) | greek | "red" |
| esophageal | ||
| eurys | greek | "wide" or "broad" |
| exo (ἔξω) | greek | "external" or "outside of" |
| externa | latin | "external" |
| febris | latin | "fever" |
| filum | latin | "thread" or "hair-like" |
| folliculus | latin | "small bag" or "sack" |
| galaktos | greek | "milk" |
| gaster | greek | "stomach" |
| genos (γένος) | greek | "to produce" or "kind" |
| gland | ||
| glaucos (γλαυκός) | greek | "grey" or "bluish-grey color" |
| gnosis (γνῶσις) | greek | "knowledge" |
| gonos (γόνος) | greek | "seed", "semen", "reproductive" |
| gramma (γράμμα) | greek | "picture" |
| graphia (γραφία) | greek | "written" or "drawn" or "recording" |
| gutta | latin | "a drop" |
| gyno | greek | "woman" |
| hemi | greek | "half" |
| hepar | greek | "liver" |
| hernia | latin | "a rupture" |
| herpes | greek | "to creep" or "to crawl" |
| heteros (ἕτερος) | greek | "two" or "another" or "different" |
| histemi | greek | "to stand" |
| homeo / homoios (ὅμοιος) | greek | "similar" |
| hydro / hudor (ὕδωρ ) | greek | "water" |
| hyper | greek | "excessive" or "above normal" |
| hypo- | greek | "under" or "below normal" |
| iasis | greek | "disease" |
| immunis | latin | "exempt" or "free from" |
| infectio | latin | "pollution" or "contamination" |
| inflammare | latin | "to set on fire" |
| inter | latin | "between" |
| interstice | english | "narrow space" |
| interstitial | ||
| intrā | latin | "within" |
| ischaimos | greek | "to hold back" or "to restrain" |
| iso | greek | "equal" |
| ite / ites (ίτης) | greek | "resembling" |
| kalium | latin | "potassium" |
| kardia | greek | "heart" |
| karpos (καρπός) | greek | "wrist" |
| kata (κατά) | greek | "down" or "under" |
| kerato | greek | cornea |
| khalasis | greek | "relaxation" |
| kirrhos | greek | orange-yellow |
| kloster (κλωστήρ) | greek | "spindle" or "thread" |
| kolon | greek | "colon" |
| kranion | greek | "skull" |
| kuphós (κυφός) | greek | "humped" or "bent forward" or "stooping" |
| kustis (κυστις) | greek | "bladder" or "pouch" |
| labi / labia / labium | latin | "lip" |
| lac | latin | "milk" |
| lateralis | latin | "belonging to the side" |
| latus | latin | "side" |
| leuc- | greek | "white" |
| leuk- | greek | "white" |
| lipos (λίπος) | greek | "fat" |
| lithos (λῐ́θος) | greek | "stone" |
| lupus | latin | "wolf" |
| lympha | latin | "clear water" or "lymph" |
| lysis / lúsis (λῠ́σῐς) | greek | "destruction" or "separation" |
| macros (μᾰκρός) | greek | "large" or "long" |
| mal- | latin | "poorly, badly" |
| mamma | latin | "breast" |
| mammilla | latin | "nipple" |
| manus | latin | "hand" |
| mastos (μαστός) | greek | "breast" |
| melan- | greek | "black" |
| meninx | greek | "membrane" |
| mesenterium | latin | "middle intestine" |
| mesos (μέσος) | latin | "middle" |
| metr- / metra (μήτρᾱ) | greek | "uterus" |
| migraine | french | "severe headache" |
| monos (μονός) | greek | "single" |
| morphe (μορφή) | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| multi | latin | "many" |
| musculus | latin | "muscle" |
| muxa (μύξᾰ) | greek | "mucus" |
| myelos | greek | "marrow" or "spinal cord" |
| myo- | greek | "muscle" |
| natus | latin | "born" |
| nekros (νεκρός) | greek | "death" |
| neos (νέος) | greek | "new" |
| nephros | greek | "kidney" |
| neuron (νεῦρον) | greek | "nerve" |
| neutrophil | ||
| neutros | greek | "neutral" referencing "neutrophils" |
| oculus | latin | "eye" |
| oesophagus / oisophagos (οἰσοφάγος) | greek | "gullet" or "passage for food" |
| oisophagos | greek | "gullet" or "entrance to the stomach" |
| oisos | greek | "equal" |
| oligos (ὀλῐ́γος) | greek | "few" |
| onkos (ὄγκος) | greek | "tumor" |
| oo / oion (ᾠόν) / oio (ᾠο) | greek | "egg" or "ovum" |
| oral / oris | latin | "mouth" |
| oric | "pylorus" | |
| osteo | greek | "bone" |
| ous | greek | "ear" |
| pachy / pakhus (πᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "thick" or "large" or "stout" |
| paidos (παιδός ) / pais (παῖς) | greek | "child" |
| panniculus | greek | "a small rag" or "a small piece of cloth" |
| para- | greek | "beside" or "near" |
| pathia | latin | "feeling/suffering" or "disorder/disease" |
| pathos | greek | "disease" |
| pauci | latin | "few" |
| pectus | latin | "breast" or "chest" |
| ped / pes | latin | "foot" |
| penia (πενῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "deficiency" or "poverty" |
| pepsis / pepsia / peptos (πεπτός) / pesso (πέσσω) | greek | "digestion" |
| peri- | greek | "around" |
| phagia (φαγία) / phagos (φᾰ́γος) / phagein (φᾰγεῖν) | greek | "to eat" |
| phall / phallus / phallos (φαλλός) | greek | "penis" |
| pherien | greek | "to carry" |
| philo- / philia (φῐλῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "loving" |
| phobia / phóbos (φόβος) | greek | "fear" |
| phone (φωνή) | greek | "sound" |
| photo- (φωτω-) / phos (φῶς) / phaos (φᾰ́ος) | greek | light |
| pituita | latin | "phlegm" |
| plasis (πλᾰ́σῐς) / plastos (πλαστός) | greek | "formed" or "molded" or "growth" |
| pleio- / pleion (πλεῖον) | greek | "multiple" |
| pleura | greek | "rib" |
| pne-, pneuma (πνεῦμα), pnein (πνεῖν), pneumatos (πνεύματος) | greek | "air" or "breath" or "lung" |
| pod- (ποδ-) / -pous (πούς) | greek | "foot" |
| poly | greek | "many" |
| porosis / poros (πόρος) | greek | "porous" |
| post | latin | "after" or "behind" |
| pre / prae | middle english and latin | "before" |
| primus | latin | "first" or "most important" |
| pro- | latin | "before" |
| proct / proktos (πρωκτός) | greek | "anus" or "rectum" |
| prolactin | hormone | |
| prostates | greek | "one who stands before" |
| protos (πρωτος) | greek | "first" or "most important" |
| pseudo (ψεύδω) | greek | "lie" or "deceive" |
| psora (ψώρα) | greek | "itch" or "mange" |
| psych / psykhe (ψυχή) | greek | "breath" or "life" or "soul" |
| pulmo | latin | "lung" |
| pulos | greek | "gatekeeper" |
| Pyloros / puloros (πυλωρός) | greek | "gate keeper" |
| refluere | latin | to flow back" |
| renes / ren | latin | "kidneys" |
| retro | latin | "backward" or "behind" |
| rhea / rhoia (ῥοίᾱ) | greek | "flow" or "discharge" |
| rheuma | greek | "a swelling" or "a stream" |
| rhino (ῥίς) / rhis (ῥίς) | greek | "nose" |
| rhod- | greek | "red" |
| salping- (σαλπιγγ-) / salpinx (σᾰ́λπῐγξ) | greek | "trumpet" |
| sangui / sanguine | latin | "blood" |
| sapros (σαπρός) | greek | "rotten" or "putrid" |
| sarco- / sarx (σάρξ) | greek | "flesh" |
| scabere | latin | "to scratch" |
| schist / skhistos (σχῐστός) | greek | "divided" or "split" |
| schizo (σχῐ́ζω) / skhizein (σχῐ́ζειν) | greek | "split" or "double-sided" |
| semi | latin | "half" |
| sepsis | greek | "decay" or "putrefaction" |
| sinus | latin | "cavity" or "curve" |
| situs | latin | "place" |
| sklerosis (σκληρόςσῐς) / skleros (σκληρός) | greek | "hard" or "hardening" |
| skolios (σκολιός) | greek | "crooked" or "bent" |
| somnus | latin | "sleep" |
| stasis (στᾰ́σῐς) | greek | "set" or "place" or "standing still" |
| stenos (στενός) | greek | "narrow" |
| stethos (στῆθος) | greek | "Upper chest" |
| struma | latin | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| sub | latin | "beneath" or "under" |
| super | latin | "above" or "superior" |
| supra | latin | "above" |
| syn | greek | "together" |
| syndrome | ||
| syrinx | greek | "tube" or "pipe" |
| tachy / takhus (τᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "fast" or "rapid" |
| tetanos (τέτανος) | greek | "rigid" or "taut" |
| thrombos (θρόμβος) | greek | "clot" or "lump" |
| tonos | greek | "tension" |
| trismos | greek | to "a biting together" or "gnash the teeth" or "to grind" |
| trismus | greek | "lockjaw" |
| trophic | greek | "nourishment" |
| ulcus | latin | "sore" or "wound" |
| vagina | latin | "sheath" or "scabbard" |
| vasculum | latin | "small vessel" |
| vena | latin | "vein" |
| ventricular | latin | "pertaining to the ventricles" |
| vita | latin | "life" |
| xenos (ξένος) | greek | "foreign" |
| xiphos (ξῐ́φος) | greek | "sword" |
| ze- / zeo (ζέω) | greek | "boil" or "bubble" or "seethe" |
| zoo / zoion (ζῷον) | greek | "animal" or "animal life" |
| zoster | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| zym / zyme (ζύμη) | greek | "fermentation" or "leaven" |