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Med Term Ch 2
Chapter 2 Med Term (Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| cervic/o | neck or the body or of the uterus |
| chrondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far/distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back/behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o | nipple |
| theli/o | nipple |
| throac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus/navel |
| ventr/o | belly side |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process/condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture/classification |