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The Human Body in Health and Disease - Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o- | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o- | before |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| hist/o- | tail; lower part of the body |
| cephal/o- | head |
| medi/o- | middle |
| path/o- | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| eti/o- | cause |
| poster/o- | behind, toward the back |
| proxim/o- | near |
| thorac/o- | chest |
| physi/o- | nature, physical |
| umblilic/o- | navel |
| ventr/o- | in front, belly side of body |
| hist/o- | tissue |