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Med Term Rice Ch4 CF
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Chapter 4 CF
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| andr/o | man |
| anter/o | toward the front |
| bi/o | life |
| caud/o | tail |
| cran/i | cranium |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from the point of origin |
| dors/o | backward |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | cell's nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | toward the middle |
| organ/o | organ |
| path/o | disease |
| phen/o | to show |
| physi/o | nature |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back, back |
| proxim/o | near the point of origin |
| somat/o | body |
| ventr/o | near or on the belly side of the body |
| viscer/o | body organs |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ot/o | ear |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| cubital | elbow |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| pod/o | foot |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| manus | hand |
| chir/o | hand |
| cephal/o | head |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coxa | hip or hip joint |
| crur/o | leg |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pneum/o | lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| or/o | mouth |
| muscul/o | muscles |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| omphal/o | navel |
| cervic/o | neck |
| neur/o | nerves |
| rhin/o | nose |
| nas/o | nose |
| cost/o | ribs |
| later/o | side |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| cutani/o | skin |
| crani/o | skull |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| dent/i | teeth |
| tempor/o | temples |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| pollex | thumb |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| carp/o | wrist |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| tars/o | ankle (tarsus) |
| brach/i | arm |
| poster/o | back |
| oste/o | bones |
| mast/o | breast |
| mamm/o | breast |