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Chapter 2 MED TERM
Term | Definition |
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Abdomin/o | abdomen |
Adip/o | fat |
Anter/o | front |
Bol/o | to cast (throw) |
Cervic/o | neck of the body or the uterus |
Chrondr/o | cartilage |
Coccyg/o | coccyx |
Crani/o | skull |
Cyt/o | cell |
Dist/o | far, distant |
Dors/o | back portion of the body |
Chrom/o | color |
Hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
Ili/o | ilium |
Inguin/o | groin |
Kary/o | nucleus |
Later/o | side |
Lumb/o | lower back |
Medi/o | middle |
Nucle/o | nucleus |
Pelv/i | pelvis |
Poster/o | back, behind |
Proxim/o | nearest |
Sacr/o | sacrum |
Sarc/o | flesh |
Spin/o | spine, backbone |
Thel/o, Theli/o | nipple |
Thorac/o | chest |
Trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
Umblic/o | navel, umbilicus |
Ventr/o | belly side of the body |
Vertebr/o | vertebrae |
Viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
Pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
intra- | within |