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1
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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

2
Q

adip/o

A

fat

3
Q

anter/o

A

front

4
Q

cervic/o

A

neck

5
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

6
Q

chrom/o

A

color

7
Q

coccyg/o

A

coccyx

8
Q

crani/o

A

skull

9
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

10
Q

dist/o

A

far, distant

11
Q

dors/o

A

back part of the body

12
Q

hist/o

A

tissue

13
Q

ili/o

A

ilium

14
Q

inguin/o

A

groin

15
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus

16
Q

later/o

A

side

17
Q

lumb/o

A

lower back

18
Q

medi/o

A

middle

19
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

20
Q

pelv/i

A

pelvis

21
Q

poster/o

A

back, behind

22
Q

proxim/o

A

nearest

23
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

24
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

25
Q

spin/o

A

backbone

26
Q

thel/o, theli/o

A

nipple

27
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

28
Q

trache/o

A

trachea

29
Q

umbilic/o

A

navel, umbilicus

30
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra

31
Q

ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

32
Q

viscer/o

A

internal organ

33
Q

ana-

A

up

34
Q

cata-

A

down

35
Q

epi-

A

above, upon

36
Q

hypo-

A

deficient, below

37
Q

inter-

A

between

38
Q

intra-

A

within

39
Q

meta-

A

change

40
Q

-eal

A

pertaining to

41
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-iac

A

pertaining to

42
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-ior

A

pertaining to

43
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-ism

A

process, condition

44
Q

-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

45
Q

-plasm

A

formation

46
Q

-somes

A

bodies

47
Q

-type

A

picture, classification