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Body Parts Word Part
Term | Definition |
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Fat | adip/o, lip/o, steat/o |
Vermiform appendix | appendic/o |
Joint | arthr/o |
Armpit | axill/o |
Eyelid | blephar/o |
Heart | cardi/o |
Head | cephal//o |
Brain | cerebr/o, encephala/o |
Neck | cervic/o |
Gallbladder | cholecyst/o |
Cartilage | chondr/o |
Large intestine | col/o |
Rib cross section | cost/o |
Skull | crani/o |
Urinary bladder | cyst/o |
Skin | derm/o, dermat/o |
Small intestine | enter/o |
Esophagus | esophag/o |
Stomach | gastr/o |
Liver | hepat/o |
Side | later/o |
Breast | mast/o, mamm/o |
Muscle | my/o, muscul/o |
Spinal cord | myel/o |
Nose | nas/o, rhin/o |
Kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
Nerve | neur/o |
Eye | Ophthalm/o, ocul/o |
Mouth | Or/o, stomat/o |
Bone | oste/o |
Ear | ot/o |
Pancreas | pancreat/o |
Throat | phrynag/o |
Diaphragm | phren/o |
Lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o |
Rectum | rect/o, proct/o |
Spleen | splen/o |
Chest | thorac/o |
Thyroid gland | thyroid/o |
Windpipe; trachea | trache/o |
Eponyms | Terms used in medicine that are named after people, places or things. They are usually used to identify or discovered a substance, disease, or structure. An eponymous individual is someone who uses his or her name to describe something for. |
Anatomical parts | Achilles tendon, Adam's apple, Eustachian tube, circle of Willis. |
Diagnostic Tests | Papanicolaou (Pap smear), Gram's stain. |
Diseases | Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, Parkinson's disease. |
Instruments or medical devices | Holter monitor, Luer lock. |
Medical signs | Braxton-Hicks contractions, Babinski sign. |
Medical Treatments | Heimlich Maneuver |
Microorganisms | Listeria, Epstein-Barr virus, Escherichia |
Surgeries | Syme's amputation, Whipple procedure. |