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A&P Biolexicon II
BHS Human Anatomy & Physiology Biolexicon, expanded, version II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- , an- | not, without |
| ab- | away |
| acro- | topmost |
| ad-, af- | toward |
| ambi- | both |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before, in front |
| anti- | against |
| -arthr- | joint |
| bi- | two |
| -bio- | life |
| -brachi- | arm |
| -cardio- | heart |
| -carni- | flesh |
| -cep(h)- | head |
| -chondr- | cartilage |
| -chrom(o)- | color |
| contra- | opposite |
| -cort- | tree bark |
| -cut- | skin |
| -cyt(o)- | cell |
| -derm- | skin |
| di- | two |
| dia- | across |
| dys- | ill, bad |
| ecto- | outside |
| en(do)- | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| ex-, ef- | out, away |
| -gastr- | stomach |
| -hemo- | blood |
| -hepa- | liver |
| -hom(e)o- | same |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| ipsi- | self |
| iso- | equal |
| -lat- | side |
| -lymph(o)- | clear fluid |
| -man- | hand |
| -medi- | middle |
| -mela- | black |
| -mes(o)- | middle |
| -morph(o)- | shape |
| -myo- | muscle |
| -nephr- | kidney |
| -neur(o)- | nerve |
| -oste(o)- | bone |
| para- | beside |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| prot(o)- | first |
| -pulmo- | lung |
| -rhin(o)- | nose |
| -som(a)- | body |
| sub- | below |
| syn-, sym- | together, with |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| -bio- | life |
| -brachi- | arm |
| -cauda- | back |
| -cep(h)- | head |
| -cephal- | head |
| -cer- | horn |
| -chondra- | cartilage |
| -cut- | skin |
| -cyt(o)- | cell |
| -cyst- | bladder |
| -derm- | skin |
| -duct- | to lead |
| -fer- | to carry |
| -gastr- | stomach |
| -gen- | to make |
| -morph- | shape |
| -myo- | muscle |
| -neph- | kidney |
| -oste(o)- | bone |
| -path- | suffering |
| -plas(t)- | to mold |
| -pulmo- | lung |
| -algia | pain |
| -cep | head |
| -cyst | bladder |
| -lyse | to break |
| -lysis | breaking |
| -mer | part |
| -oid | like |
| -(o)logy | study |
| -oid | like |
| -scope | to see |
| -septic | rot, bacteria |
| -some | body |
| -tom | to cut |
| -tomy | cutting |
| -vore | eating |
| -zoa | animal |
| -psych- | mind |
| -por(o)- | opening |
| -dexter-, -dextr(a)- | right hand |
| -pep(t)- | digest |
| -crin- | to separate |
| -ur- | urine |
| -arteri- | artery |
| -blast- | sprout, bud, germ |
| -clast- | break, broken |
| -stat, -stasis | staying, placed |
| -rrhage | to burst forth |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -cerebr- | brain |
| -vas- | vessel |
| -hystero- | womb, uterus |
| -phleb- | vein |
| -entero- | intestine, gut |