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Terminology Week 2
The ones I didn't know off the bat
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |