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Question | Answer |
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trans- | Across |
-praxia -esis | Action |
-tropin | Act on |
post- | After |
ana- re- | Again |
anti- contra- | Against |
aer/o pneum/o pneumon/o | Air |
alveol/o | Air sac |
pan- | All |
para- | Along side of Apart from |
Ana- | Anew Apart |
goni/o | Angle |
tars/o | Ankle |
an/o | Anus |
proct/o | Anus and rectum |
anxi/o | Anxiety |
aort/o | Aorta |
ana- | Apart |
Appetite | |
brachi/o | Arm |
radi/o | Arm bone, lower lateral |
uln/o | Arm bone, lower, medial |
bacteri/o | Bacteria |
Arm bone, upper | |
axill/o | Armpit |
arteriol/o | Arteriole |
arter/o arteri/o | Artery |
atri/o | Atrium |
ab- apo- ex- exo- | Away from |
bacill/o | bacilli ( rod shaped bacteria) |
re- retro- | Back |
lumb/o | Back, lower |
dorsi- dors/o. poster/o | Back portion of body |
spin/o (use with -al) spondyl/o (use with -itis, -lithesis, -osis, -pathy) vertebr/o (use with -al) | Backbone |
-coccus (-cocci, plural) | Bacterium (berry-shaped) |
cac/o dys- mal- | Bad |
claustr/o | Barrier |
ante- pre- pro- pros- | Before |
-arche | Beginning |
post- poster/o retro- | Behind |
celi/o | Belly |
ventr/o | Belly side of body |
hypo- infra- sub- | Below, beneath |
Flex/o | Bend, to |
scoli/o | Bent |
inter- | Between |
hyper- meta- ultra- | Beyond |
bil/i chol/e | Bile |
bilirubin/o | Bilirubin |
-desis nect/o | Bind |
nat/o -partum toc/o -tocia | Birth |
-para | Births, live |
cyst/o vesic/o | Bladder (urinary) |
hem/o hemat/o | Blood |
-emia -emic | Blood condition |
humer/o | |
angi/o vas/o vascul/o | Blood vessel |
cyan/o | Blue |
Corpor/o somat/o -some | Body |
oste/o | Bone |
-ostosis | Bone condition |
myel/o | Bone marrow |
encephal/o | Brain |
-clasis -clast | Break |
-lysis | Breakdown |
mamm/o mast/o | Breast |
Stern/o | Breastbone |
spir/o | Breathe |
-pnea | Breathing |
Bronch/o | Bronchial tube |
carcin/o | Cancerous |
capillar/o | Capillary |
duct/o -phoresis -phoria | Carry |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
eti/o | Cause |
Cec/o | Cecum |
cyt/o | Cell |
-cyctosis | cells, condition of |
meta- | Change |
pector/o steth/o thorac/o | Chest |
obstetr/o | Childbirth |
thromb/o | Clot |
Staphyl/o | Clusters |
coccyg/o | Coccyx |
cry/o | Cold |
clavicul/o | Collar bone |
-fusion | Come together |
choledoch/o | Common bile duct |
dia- tel/o | Complete |
Anterior | Situated in front, or in the forward part |
Distal | Remote, farther from the point of orgin |
Proximal | Nearest, closer to the point of orgin |
Peripheral | Situated toward the outer part |
Inferior | Situated below, or directed downward |
Extension | Straightening motion that increases the angle between the adjoining bones |
Adduction | Movement toward the midline |
Superficial | Situated near the surface |
Ventral | Pertaining to the belly |
Lateral | Away from the midline, pertaining to the side |
Dorsal | Pertaining to the back |
Medial | Pertaining to the middle |
Superior | Situated above, or directed upward |
Plantar | Referring to the foot |
Flexion | Bending motion that decreases the angle between adjoining bones |
Prone | Lying face down and flat |
Supine | Lying flat on the back |
Caudal | Toward the tail |