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Body Structure
Medical terminology - Body Structure
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyto-, -cyte | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o, 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 the body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lum/bo | loins (lower back) |
| pelv/I, pelv/o | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| albin/o, leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| eyrthr/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 |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
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