abdoino/o

(meaning) -- abdomen

(terminology) abdominal -- The abdomen is the region below the chest containing internal organs (such as the liver, intestines, stomach, and ballbladder).

adip/o

(meaning) -- fat

(terminology) -- adipose

The suffix -ose means pertaining to or full of

anter/o

(meaning) -- front

(terminology) -- anterior

The suffix -ior means pertaining to.

bol/o

(meaning) -- to cast (throw)

(terminology) -- anabolism

The prefix ana- means up.  The suffix -ism means process.  In this cellular process, proteins are built up (protein synthesis).

cervic/o

(meaning) -- neck (or the body or of the uterus)

(terminology) -- cervical

The cervix is the neck of the unterus.  The term cervical can mean or pertaining to the neck of the body or the neck (lower part) of the uterus.

chondr/o

(meaning) -- cartilage (type of connective tissue)

(terminology) -- chondroma

This is a benign tumor.

chondr/o

(meaning) -- cartilage (type of connective tissue)

(terminology) -- chondrosarcoma

This is a malignant tumor.  The term sarc indicates that the malignant tumor arises from a type of flesh or connective tissue.

chrom/o

(meaning) -- color

(terminology) -- chromosomes

These nuclear structures absorb the color of dyes used to stain the cell.  The suffix -somes means bodies.  Literally, this term means "bodies of color," because this is how they appeared to researchers who first saw them under the microscope.

coccyg/o

(meaning) -- coccyx (tailbone)

(terminology) -- coccygeal

combining form

of, relating to, or affecting the coccyx <a coccygeal fracture>

crani/o

(meaning) -- skull

(terminology) -- craniotomy

surgical opening of the skull

cyt/o

(meaning) -- cell

(terminology) -- cytoplasm

the organized complex of inorganic and organic substances external to the nuclear membrane of a cell and including the cytosol and membrane-bound organelles

The suffix -plasm means formation

dist/o

(meaning) -- far, distant

(terminology) -- distal

situated away from the point of attachment or origin or a central point

dors/o

(meaning) -- back portion of the body

(terminology) -- dorsal

The dorsal fin of a fish is on its back.

hist/o

(meaning) -- tissue

(terminology) -- histology

a branch of anatomy that deals with the minute structure of animal and plant tissues as discernible with the microscope;

ili/o

(meaning) -- ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

(terminology) -- the dorsal, upper, and largest one of the three bones composing either lateral half of the pelvis that in humans is broad and expanded above and narrower below where it joins with the ischium and pubis to form part of the acetabulum

inguin/o

(meaning) -- groin

(terminology) -- inguinal

of, relating to, or situated in the region of the groin

kary/o

(meaning) -- nucleus

(terminology) -- karyotype

the chromosomal characteristics of a cell

The suffix -type means classification or picture

later/o

(meaning) -- side

(terminology) -- lateral

of or relating to the side ;  lying at or extending toward the right or left side

lumb/o

(meaning) -- lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)

(terminology) -- lumbosacral

of, relating to, or being the lumbar and sacral regions or parts

medi/o

(meaning) --  middle

(terminology) -- medial

lying or extending in the middle

nucle/o

(meaning) -- nucleus

(terminology) -- nucleic

of the control center of a cell, which contains the cell's chromosomal DNA

pelv/i

(meaning) -- pelvis

(terminology) -- pelvic

is the part of the trunk inferioposterior (below-behind) to the abdomen in the transition area between the trunk and the lower limbs, includes all the bones that surround the pelvic cavity

poster/o

(meaning) -- back, behind

(terminology) -- posterior

situated behind

proxim/o

(meaning) -- nearest

(terminology) -- proximal

Toward the beginning, the nearer of two (or more) items. For example, the proximal end of the femur is part of the hip joint, and the shoulder is proximal to the elbow. The opposite of proximal is distal.

sacr/o

(meaning) -- sacrum

(terminology) -- sacral

[image]refers to sacrum

sarc/o

(meaning) -- flesh

(terminology)  --  sarcoma

is a cancer of the connective tissue (bone, cartilage, fat) resulting in mesoderm proliferation.

spin/o

(meaning) -- spine, backbone

(terminology) -- spinal

of or relating or situated near spine

thel/o

(meaning) -- nipple

(terminology) -- epithelial cell

cells that make up tissue that line cavaties and other structures in human body

thorac/o

(meaning) -- chest

(terminology) --     thoracic

thoracic cavity is the chamber of the human body, the cardiovascular system,  respiratory system, the digestive system, endocrine glands, nervous system,  and

lymphatics

trachea/o

(meaning) -- trachea, windpipe

(terminology) -- tracheal

term for an airway through which respiratory air passes in organisms

peritoneum

(meaning) -- cover most of the intra-abdominal organs

(terminology) --

membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers most of the abdominal organs

retroperitoneal area

(meaning)  -- having

to do with the area outside or behind the peritoneum (the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen)

greater omentum

(meaning) --

is a large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, and extends from the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall after associating with the transverse colon.