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| Combining Form for: adip/o | fat
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| Combining Form for: bol/o | to cast (throw)
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| Combining Form for: chrom/o | color
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| Combining Form for: kary/o | nucleus
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| Combining Form for: medi/o | middle
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| Combining Form for: sacr/o | sacrum
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| Combining Form for: thorac/o | chest
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| Combining Form for: ventr/o | bellyside of the body, abdomen
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| Combining Form for: viscer/o | internal organs
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| What is the prefix meaning for: ana- | up
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| What is the prefix meaning for: cata- | down
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| What is the prefix meaning for: epi- | above
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| What is the prefix meaning for: hypo- | below
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| What is the prefix meaning for: inter- | between
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| What is the prefix meaning for: meta- | change
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -eal | pertaining to
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -iac | pertaining to
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -ior | pertaining to
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -ism | process, condition
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| What is the suffix meaning for:-ose | pertaining to, full of
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -plasm | formation
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -somes | bodies
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| What is the suffix meaning for: -type | picture, classification
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| abdomen | Area of the body between the crest and pelvis region.
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| abdominal cavity | Area of the body between the chest and pelvis (hip region).
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| adipose | Pertaining to fat.
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| anabolism | Process of building up or synthesizing substances (such as proteins) in a cell.
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| anterior | Pertaining to the front of a structure.
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| cartilage | Elastic, connective tissue found at joints, within the trachea and larynx, and connected to ribs, nose, and ear.
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| catabolism | Cellular process of breaking down of a complex substance into simple compounds. Energy is released to do the work of the cell.
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| caudal | Pertaining to the lower portion of an organ or structure.
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| cell membrane | Thin and delicate structure surrounding a cell; allows materials to pass in and out.
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| cephalad | Toward the head, or the upper portion of the body or a structure.
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| cervical | Pertaining to the neck and the body or lower neck-line portion of the uterus.
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| chondroma | Tumor (benign) of cartilage.
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| chondrosarcoma | Malignant, cancerous tumor of cartilage.
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| coccygeal | Pertaining to the tailbone or coccyx.
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| craniotomy | Incision of the skull.
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| distal | Pertaining to far from the beginning of a structure.
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| dorsal | Pertaining to the back, or posterior portion of the body.
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| histology | Study of tissues.
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| iliac | Pertaining to the ilium, which is the right or left upper most portion of the hipbone.
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| intervertebral | Pertaining to between the vertebrae (backbones).
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| karyotype | Classification of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell determined by a photograph taken during cell division.
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| larynx | The voice box.
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| lateral | Pertaining to the side.
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| lumbosacral | Pertaining to the lumbar and sacral regions of the back.
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| medial | Pertaining to the middle or midline of the body.
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| nucleic | Pertaining to the nucleus.
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| pelvic cavity | Pertaining to the space surrounded by the bones of the hip region.
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| pharynx | The throat.
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| pleura | A delicate membrane surrounding each lung and divided into two layers.
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| pleural cavity | Space between the layers of the pleura in the chest.
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| posterior | Pertaining to the back or dorsal side of the body or structure.
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| proximal | Pertaining to a location near the point of attachment or beginning of an organ.\
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| sacral | Pertaining to the sacrum.
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| sarcoma | Tumor of fleshy tissue such as bone, fat, muscle or cartilage.
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| superficial | Pertaining to on the surface of the body.
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| thoracotomy | Incision of the chest.
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| tracheal | Pertaining to the trachea.
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| ureter | One of two tubes carrying urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
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| urethra | Tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.
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| ventral | Pertaining to the front or anterior of the body.
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| vertebral | Pertaining to backbones.
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| viscera | Internal organs.
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| visceral | Pertaining to internal organs.
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