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Terminology Ch.II
Medical terminology - Combining form, Prefix, & Suffix
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o | abdominal |
anter/o, front/o | front |
arteri/o | artery |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o | cell |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
caud/o | tail |
dist/o | far |
front/o, anter/o | front, forehead |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
home/o | same |
hist/o | tissue |
infer/o | downward |
kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus |
later/o | site |
myel/o | bone marrow |
myocardi/o | myocardium |
organ/o, viscer/o | organ |
pelv/i | pelvis |
phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
medi/o | middle |
super/o | upward |
thorac/o | thorax |
som/o, somat/o | body |
umbilic/o | umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side |
vertebr/o | vertabra/spine |
ana- | up, apart, away |
bi- | two |
cata- | down |
contra- | opposite, against |
epi- | above, upon |
ipsi- | same |
levo- | left |
meta- | beyond, change |
mid- | middle |
para- | abnormal |
uni- | one |
-ad | toward |
-ism | condition, state of |
-plasm | formation |
-stasis | controlling, stopping |