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Med Term CH 4
Medical Word Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | 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 body), behing, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| albin/o leuk/o | white |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o jaund/o xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| tom/o | to cut |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| -ar -ic | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| infra- | below, under |
| peri- | around |
| super- | upper, above |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |