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Basic terminology
Basic terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chiro | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| flex/o | to bend |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | hem/o blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proximo | nearest |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| son/o | sound |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae, backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
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