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Anatomy terminology
roots, prefixes, & suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- , an- | absence |
| ab- | departing from |
| ad- | toward |
| anti- | preventing |
| ante- | preceding |
| cochlea | snail shell |
| cyst | sac, bladder |
| endo | within, inner |
| epi | over, above |
| exo | outside, outer layer |
| hist | tissue |
| hyper | excess |
| hypo | below, deficint |
| inter | between |
| medi | middle |
| mega | large |
| meta | beyond, between |
| myo | muscle |
| peri | around |
| soma | body |
| tunic | covering |
| ac | referring to / extreme or extremity |
| clast | break |
| blast | bud.... immature form of a cell |
| lemma | sheath, husk |
| logy | the study of |
| stitia | come to stand |
| vermis | |
| gastric | stomach |
| hepatic | liver |
| renal | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| derm | skin |
| papilla | nipple |
| terminal | at the end |
| plexus | network |
| intra | within, inside |
| inter | between |
| fissure | |
| sulcus | furrow or groove |
| medulla | inner or deep part of an organ or structure |
| cortex | outer or superficial part of an organ or body structure |
| osteo | bone |
| di | double, twice |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| trabeculae | small bar, rod, bundle of fibers |
| lobe | curved or rounded projection or division |
| fiber | threadlike |
| filament | single thread |
| glycol | |
| gluco | glucose |
| cleft | |
| transverse | being across |
| longitudinal | lengthwise dimension |
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