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Medical Terminology
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08/28/2012
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chromo/somes
 Definition

colored bodies

 
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cyto/plasm

 

 Definition
cell formation
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ana/bolism
 Definition

up apart / past throw/ process

 

process to cast or throw up or new
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karyo/type
 Definition
picture of the nucleus
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meta/bolism
 Definition
the process of throwing change
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epithelial cell
 Definition

skin cells

(pertaining to the nipple of the breast above)
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ose

 

 Definition
pertaining to
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adipose
 Definition
pertaining to fat
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hist/olog/ist
 Definition
specialist who studies tissue
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trachea
 Definition

windpipe

 
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viscera
 Definition
internal organs
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Crani/al
 Definition
pertaining to the brain
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spinal
 Definition
pertaining to the spine
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abdominal
 Definition
pertaining to the abdomen
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pelvic
 Definition
pertaining to the pelvis
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hypo/chondri/ac
 Definition
pertaining to the ribs below
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/cal
 Definition
pertaining to
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Umbili/cal
 Definition
pertaining to the navel
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cervic/al
 Definition
pertaining to the neck
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thorac/ic
 Definition
pertaining to the thorax
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medi/al
 Definition
pertaining to the middle
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Later/al
 Definition
pertaining to the side
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prone
 Definition
laying on your stomach
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supine
 Definition
laying on your back
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Front/al
 Definition
pertaining to the front
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coron/al
 Definition

pertaining to the crown

 

divides from front to back
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Sagitt/al
 Definition

pertaining to left and right halves

 

(cuts body into halves)
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transverse
 Definition
divides body from top to bottom
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abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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adip/o
 Definition
fat
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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bol/o
 Definition
to cast/throw
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck
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chrondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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chrom.o
 Definition
color
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coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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dist/o
 Definition
distant
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cyto
 Definition
cell
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dors/o
 Definition
back portion of the body
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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ili/o
 Definition
ilium (of the pelvic bone)
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inguin/o
 Definition
groin
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kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
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later/o
 Definition
side
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lumb/o
 Definition
lower back
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medi/o
 Definition
middle
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
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poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
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proxim/o
 Definition
nearest
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sacro/o
 Definition
sacrum
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sarco/o
 Definition
flesh
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spin/o
 Definition
spine, backbone
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thel/o
 Definition
nipple
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea, windpipe
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umbilic/o
 Definition
navel, umbilicus
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ventr/o
 Definition
belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra, backbone
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viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
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ana-
 Definition
up
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cata-
 Definition
down
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epi-
 Definition
above
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hypo-
 Definition
below
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inter-
 Definition
between
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meta-
 Definition
change
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-iac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ism
 Definition
process, condition
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-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
 Definition
formation
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-somes
 Definition
bodies
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-type
 Definition
picture, classification
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