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rio medterm 1
medical word elements
| element | meaning |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/0 | tissue |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | aterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| crani/o | cranium |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back,behind,posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri |
| crani/o | cranium |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| acr/o | extremity |
| eti/o | cause |
| fasci/o | band fascia |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | radiatin, xray |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xer/o | dry |