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Med Terms Ch 2.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Superior (cranial) | Toward the head |
| Inferior (Caudal) | Toward the bottom |
| Anterior (ventral) | Toward the front |
| Posterior (dorsal) | Toward the back |
| Medial | toward the midline of the body |
| Lateral | toward the side of the body |
| Internal (deep) | Away from the surface of the body |
| External (Superficial) | towards the surface of the body |
| Proximal | toward the main mass of the body |
| Distal | Away from the main mass of the body |
| Visceral | Related to the internal organ |
| Parietal | Related to the body walls |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| -ad | toward |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation |
| adbomin/o | abdomen |
| cephal/o | head |
| 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 |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| hidr/o, sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| cyan/o | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| karat/o | horny tissue, hard; cornea |
| myc/o | fungus (plural, fungi) |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| -derma | skin |
| -oid | resembling |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| onych/o/malacia | softening of the nails |
| cry/o/therapy | treatment with cold |
| seb/o/rrhea | discharge or flow of sebum |
| sub/cutane/ous | pertaining to under the skin |
| cyan/osis | abnormal condition of the blue (skin) |
| sudor/esis | condition of sweat |
| onych/o/malacia | softening of a nail |
| leuk/o/cyte | white cell |
| melan/o/cyte | black cell |
| homo/graft or allo/graft | transplantation of same |
| carcin/oma | tumor (composed of) cancer |
| py/o/derma | skin (condition associated) with pus |
| Myocardium | The heart muscle |
| Endometrium | Lining of the Uterus |
| Rectum | Last part of the large intestine |
| Ileum | Part of the small intestine |
| Myocardium (adjective form) | Myocardial |
| Endometrium (adjective form) | Endometrial |
| Rectum (adjective form) | Rectal |
| Ileum | Ileal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy | disease/damage |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhagia | fast flow |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -stasis | Control/stop |
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