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Red Module
Red Module Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adbomin/o | adbomen |
| acr/o | extremity |
| adren/o adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| albin/o | white |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| bi/o * | life |
| calc/o * | calcium |
| cardi/o * | heart |
| caud/o | tail |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chlor.o * | green |
| chrom/o | colour |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| cost/o * | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| erythr/o | red |
| eti/o | cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o gluc/o glycos/o glucos/o * | sugar, sweetness |
| gnos/o | knowing |
| hist/o histi/o * | tissue |
| home/o | same, alike |
| idi/o * | unknown, peculiar |
| ili/o | ilium |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| inguin/o * | groin |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| jaund/o * | yellow |
| kal/i * | potassiium (an electrolyte) |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| morph/o * | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| omphal/o | navel (umbilicus) |
| pancreat/o * | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o * | parathyroid glands |
| path/o * | disease |
| pelv/i pelv/o * | pelvis |
| phe/o | dusky, dark |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| poli/o | grey, grey matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| poster/o * | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o * | near, nearest |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
| somat/o * | body |
| son/o * | sound |
| spin/o | spine |
| super/o | upper, above |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thym/o * | thymus gland |
| thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| toxic/o * | poison |
| umbilic/o | umb;ilicus, navel |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |