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Medical Terminology
Chapter 2: Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole
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Undergraduate 3
01/21/2012
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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 (of the body or of the uterus)
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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dist/o
 Definition
far, distant
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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 (part 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 (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
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medi/o
 Definition
middle
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis, hip region
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poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
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proxim/o
 Definition
nearest
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sacr/o
 Definition
sacrum
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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spin/o
 Definition
spine, backbone
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thel/o
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nipple
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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trache/o
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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(e), backbone(s)
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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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