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A&P Biolexicon II
BHS Human Anatomy & Physiology Biolexicon, expanded, version II
Term | Definition |
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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 |