Which of the following is NOT a combining form for the abdomen?

• A. Abdomin/o
• B. Celi/o
• C. Lapar/o
• D. Chole

Answer: (D)

The parts of medical terms that name the abdomen come from several combining forms used to refer to that region: abdomin/o, celi/o, and lapar/o. These are the building blocks you’d see in terms like abdominal, celic or celiac, and laparotomy or laparoscopy, all relating to the belly area.

Chole, on the other hand, means bile and is used in terms dealing with the biliary system and gallbladder, such as cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. Because its meaning is bile, not the abdomen itself, it isn’t a combining form used to denote the abdominal region.