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Chabner12-Ch02parts
Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter 02 - Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ana- | up; apart; backward; again; anew |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; into |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
| -plasm | formation; structure |
| -some | body |
| -type | classification; picture |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | colour |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (large broad bone forming upper part of each half of pelvis) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back; loin |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis; hip region |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| proxim/o | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine (backbone) |
| thel/o | nipple |
| theli/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| ventr/o | belly side of body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |