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Health & disease c2.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | relationship to a gland |
| abip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front, anterior, before, in front of |
| caud/o | lower, tail/ tail end |
| cephal/o | relating to the brain/ head |
| cyt/o | denoting cell/ cytoplasm |
| -cyte | a cell |
| end-, endo- | denoting in, within, inner |
| exo- | out of, away from, outer, external |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| -ologist | one who studies/ practices (specialist) |
| -ology | the study of |
| path/o, -pathy | disease |
| plas/i, plas/o, -plasia | growth, development, formation |
| poster/o | posterior, toward the back |
| -stasis, -static | stoppage of normal flow of fluids, lack of movement/ change |
| adenectomy | surgical removal of gland |
| anatomy | identification of structures of living things |
| epidemic | unexpected increase in number of disease cases |
| epigastric | lying upon/ over the stomach |
| endemic | disease thats always present |
| homeostasis | state of balance needed in body to function/ survive |
| pandemic | outbreak in disease spread across countries/ continents |
| physiology | study of how the human body works |
| retroperitoneal | space between perituneam & posterior abdomical wall |
| umbilicus | belly button |