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Med Term Ch. 2
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
cervic/o | neck (of body or uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
dist/o | far; distant |
dors/o | back portion of body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (upper part of hip bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
proxmi/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
spin/o | spine; backbone |
thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea; windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel; umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of body |
vertebr/o | vertebra; backbones |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
meta- | change |
-eal, -iac, -ior, | pertaining to |
-ism | process; condition |
-ose | pertaining to; full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture; classification |