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Chapter 2 MED TERM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |