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Radiology Chapter 3 and 4
Prefixes & Body Structure
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07/09/2010
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Term
a
 Definition
without, not
Term
ab-
 Definition
from, away from
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremity
Term
-ad
 Definition
toward
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
albin/o
 Definition
white
Term
an-
 Definition
without, not
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
anter/o
 Definition
anterior, front
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
AP
 Definition
anteroposterior
Term
-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bx
 Definition
biopsy
Term
calc/o
 Definition
calcium
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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-cardia
 Definition
heart condition
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caud/o
 Definition
tail
Term
-ception
 Definition
conceiving
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck; cervical uteri (neck of uterus)
Term
chlor/o
 Definition
green
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
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chromat/o
 Definition
color
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circum-
 Definition
around
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cirrh/o
 Definition
yellow
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contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs
Term
crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
Term
-crine
 Definition
secrete
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers; toes
Term
derm/o
 Definition
skin
Term
dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, across
Term
dipl-
 Definition
double
Term
diplo-
 Definition
double
Term
dist/o
 Definition
far, farthest
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back (of body)
Term
DSA
 Definition
Digital Subtraction Angiography
Term
-duction
 Definition
act of leading. Bringing, conducting
Term
Dx
 Definition
diagnosis
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad; painful; difficult
Term
ecto-
 Definition
outside, outward
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
endo-
 Definition
in, withing
Term
epi-
 Definition
above, upon
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
feeling
Term
eti/o
 Definition
cause
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside, outward
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside
Term
fasci/o
 Definition
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
gen/o
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
Term
-genesis
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
Term
-gnosis
 Definition
knowing
Term
-graft
 Definition
transplantation
Term
-gram
 Definition
record, writing
Term
-graph
 Definition
insturment for recording
Term
-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-gravida
 Definition
pregnant woman
Term
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi-
 Definition
one half
Term
hetero-
 Definition
fifferent
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
homeo-
 Definition
same, alike
Term
homo-
 Definition
same
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
Term
hypo-
 Definition
under, below, deficient
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ice
 Definition
noun ending
Term
idi/o
 Definition
unknown, peculiar
Term
ili/o
 Definition
ilium
Term
infer/o
 Definition
lower, below
Term
infra-
 Definition
below, under
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
in, within
Term
-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-is
 Definition
noun ending
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
jaund/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
LAT
 Definition
lateral
Term
later/o
 Definition
side, to one side
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
LLQ
 Definition
Lower Left Quadrant
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist in a study of
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-logy
 Definition
study of
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
loins (lower Back)
Term
LUQ
 Definition
Left Upper Quadrant
Term
-lysis
 Definition
separation; destruction; loosening
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad; painful; difficult
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
Term
-metry
 Definition
act of measuring
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mono-
 Definition
one half
Term
morph/o
 Definition
form, shape, structure
Term
MRI
 Definition
Magnetic Resonance Imagiing
Term
multi-
 Definition
many, much
Term
muscul/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
Term
nas/o
 Definition
nose
Term
nat/a
 Definition
birth
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
odont/o
 Definition
teeth
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
PA
 Definition
PosteroAnterior, Pulmonary Artery, Pernicious Anemia
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
para-
 Definition
near, beside, beyond
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
PET
 Definition
Positron Emission Tomography
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear
Term
-plasia
 Definition
formation, growth
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
poli/o
 Definition
gray, graymatter
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back (of body), behind, posterior
Term
pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
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pro-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
near, nearest
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pseud/o
 Definition
FALSE
Term
quadri-
 Definition
four
Term
radi/o
 Definition
radiation, X-ray, radius
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward, behind
Term
RLQ
 Definition
Right Lower Quadrant
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
Term
RUQ
 Definition
Right Upper Quadrant
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
Term
somat/o
 Definition
body
Term
son/o
 Definition
sound
Term
somn/o
 Definition
sleep
Term
SPECT
 Definition
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Term
spin/o
 Definition
spine
Term
-stasis
 Definition
standing still
Term
sub-
 Definition
under, below
Term
super-
 Definition
upper, above
Term
supra-
 Definition
above, excessive, superior
Term
Sx
 Definition
Symptom
Term
syn-
 Definition
union, together, joined
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid
Term
therm/o
 Definition
heat
Term
thorac/o
 Definition
chest
Term
-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-tocia
 Definition
childbirth, labor
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
-tropia
 Definition
turning
Term
Tx
 Definition
Treatment
Term
U/L
 Definition
Upper & Lower
Term
umbilic/o
 Definition
umbilicus, naval
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
US
 Definition
Ultrasound, Ultrasonography
Term
vagin/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly, belly side
Term
ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle (of heart or brain)
Term
-version
 Definition
turning
Term
viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
Term
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
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