Chapter 2 Medical Terminology Flashcards
(48 cards)
1
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cata-
A
down
2
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-ism
A
process
3
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ana-
A
up
4
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boi
A
cast
5
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hist/o
A
tissue
6
Q
thel/o
theli/o
A
breast nipple
7
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adip/o
A
fat
8
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
9
Q
anter/o
A
front
10
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cervic/o
A
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
11
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chondro/o
A
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
12
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chrom/o
A
color
13
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coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
14
Q
crani/o
A
skull
15
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
16
Q
dist/o
A
far, distant
17
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dors/o
A
back portion of the body
18
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ili/o
A
ilium (upper part of the hip bone)
19
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inguin/o
A
groin
20
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kary/o
A
nucleus
21
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later/o
A
side
22
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lumb/o
A
lower back
23
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medi/o
A
middle
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nucle/o
A
nucleus
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pelv/i
pelvis
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pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
27
poster/o
back, behind
28
proxim/o
nearest
29
sacr/o
flesh
30
spin/o
spine
31
thorac/o
chest
32
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
33
umbilic/o
navel; umbilicus
34
ventr/o
belly side of the body
35
vertebr/o
vertebra(e); backbone(s)
36
viscer/o
internal organs
37
-type
classification or picture
38
epi-
above
39
hypo-
below
40
inter-
between
41
intra-
within
42
meta-
change
43
-eal
pertaining to
44
-iac
pertaining to
45
-ior
pertaining to
46
-ose
pertaining to, full of
47
-plasm
formation
48
-somes
bodies
