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Medical Terminology
Chapter 4 Body Structure
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord |
| acr/o | extremity |
| eti/o | cause |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | radiation. x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | to cut |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xer/o | dry |
| -genesis | forming, producing, orgin |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -pathy | disease |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | same, alike |
| infra- | below, under |
| peri- | around |
| super- | upper, above |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |