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Anatomy and medical terminology

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Term
Definition
ana   apart  
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-tom   cutting  
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ana/tom/y   Process of cutting apart; study of body parts by dissection  
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-ology   study of  
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bio   life  
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bio/logy   study of life  
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physio   nature  
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physi/ology   study of nature or natural function of body  
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ante   in front of  
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anter/ior   in the front  
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poster   behind  
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poster/ior   in back of  
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super   above  
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super/ior   above a part  
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infer   below  
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infer/ior   below a part  
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-al   pertaining to  
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caud   tail  
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caud/al   pertaining to the tail  
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crani   skull  
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crani/al   pertaining to the skull  
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dist   distant  
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dist/al   pertaining to a distant part  
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dors   back  
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dors/al   pertaining to the back  
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later   side  
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later/al   pertaining to the side  
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medi   middle  
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medi/al   pertaining to the middle  
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proxim   near  
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proxim/al   pertaining to nearness or closeness  
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ventr   belly, front side  
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ventr/al   pertaining to the belly of front side  
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chem   chemical  
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chemistry   study of chemical composition of matter  
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di   two  
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-saccharide   sugar containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen  
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di/saccharide   contains two sugars  
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extra   outside  
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-cellular   pertaining to cell(s)  
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extra/cellular   outside the cell  
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intra   inside  
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intra/cellular   inside the cell  
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mono   one  
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mono/saccharide   contains one sugar  
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multi   many  
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multi/cellular   many cells  
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poly   many  
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poly/saccharide   contains many sugars  
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uni   one  
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uni/cellular   one-celled  
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