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CF Basics Part 2
The Body in Health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| ambulat/o | walking |
| ancill/o | servant; accessory |
| anter/o | before; front part |
| austcult/o | listening |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tailbone |
| cav/o | hollow space |
| cephal/o | head |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| communicat/o | impart; transmit |
| congenit/o | present at birth |
| coron/o | structure that encircles like a crown |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| dent/o | tooth |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dietet/o | foods; diet |
| dist/o | away from the center or point of origin |
| dors/o | back; dorsum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| exacerb/o | increase; provoke |
| extern/o | outside |
| fract/o | break up |
| front/o | front |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gener/o | production; creation |
| genit/o | genitalia |
| gen/o | arising from; produced by |
| ger/o | old age |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | female; woman |
| habilitat/o | give ability |
| heredit/o | genetic inheritance |
| iatr/o | physician or medical treatment |
| idi/o | unknown; individual |
| ili/o | ilium (hip bone) |
| immun/o | immune response |
| infect/o | disease within |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inspect/o | looking at |
| integument/o | skin |
| intern/o | inside |
| intestine/o | intestine |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| log/o | word; sense of |
| lumb/o | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
| macr/o | large |
| medi/o | middle |
| medic/o | physician; medicine |
| micr/o | one millionth; small |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| nerv/o | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nosocomi/o | hospital |
| nucle/o | nucleus (of an atom) |
| nutri/o | nourishment |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| onc/o | tumor; mass |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ortho/o | straight |
| ot/o | ear |
| palliat/o | reduce the severity of |
| palpat/o | touching; feeling |
| path/o | disease; suffering |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| percuss/o | tapping |
| pharmac/o | medicine; drug |
| physi/o | physical function |
| physic/o | body |
| plast/o | growth; formation |
| poster/o | back part |
| prevent/o | prevent |
| product/o | produce |
| proximo/o | near the center or point of orgin |
| psych/o | mind |
| physic/o | body |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| recuper/o | recover |
| remiss/o | send back |
| sagitt/o | going from front to back |
| scop/o | examine with an instrument |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| spin/o | spine; backbone |
| spir/o | breathe |
| super/o | above |
| surg/o | operative procedure |
| symptomat/o | collection of symptoms |
| techn/o | technical skill |
| termin/o | end;boundary |
| therapeut/o | therapy; treatmeant |
| therap/o | treatment |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| tom/o | cut;slice;layer |
| trans | across; through |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus; navel |
| urin/o | urine; urinary system |
| ur/o | urine; urinary system |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ventr/o | front; abdomen |
| vers/o | to travel; to turn |
| viscer/o | large internal organs |
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