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Terminology Week 2
The ones I didn't know off the bat
Term | Definition |
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alveol/o | alveolus |
anter/o | front |
andenoid/o | adenoids |
bi | two |
later/o | side |
-malacia | softening |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
dors/o | back |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
dist/o | away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
caud/o | tail (downward) |
per- | through |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-coccus | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
xer/o | dry |
epi- | on, upon, over |
strept/o | twisted chains |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
pachy/o | thick |
heter/o | other |
crypt/o | hidden |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
myc/o | fungus |
coni/o | dust |
bi/o | life |
aut/o | self |
trich/o | hair |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
-ad | toward |
-ior | pertaining to |
uni- | one |
medi/o | middle |
infer/o | below |
proxim/o | near (the point of attachment of a body part) |
ventr/o | belly (front) |