Body Structure- Word Elements Flashcards
cyst/o
cell (cystologist)
hist/o
tissue (histology)
kary/o; nucle/o
nucleus (karyolysis, nuclear)
anter/o
anterior, front (anterior)
caud/o
tail (cuadad)
cephal/o
head (cephalad)
dist/o
far, farthest (distal)
dors/o
back (of body) (dorsal)
infer/o
lower, below (inferior)
later/o
side, to one side (lateral)
medi/o
middle (mediad)
poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior (posterior)
proxim/o
near, nearest (proximal)
ventr/o
belly, belly side (ventral)
abdomin/o
abdomen (abdominal)
cervic/o
neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) (cervical)
crani/o
cranium (skull) (cranial)
gastr/o
stomach (hypogastric)
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) (iliac)
inguin/o
groin (inguinal)
lumb/o
loins (lower back) (lumbar)
pelv/i; pelv/o
pelvis (pelvimeter, pelvic)
spin/o
spine (spinal)
thorac/o
chest (thoracic)
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel (umbilical)
albin/o; leuk/o
white (albinism, leukocyte)
chlor/o
green (chloropia)
chrom/o
color (heterochromic)
cirrh/o; jaund/o; xanth/o
yellow (cirrhosis, jaundice, xanthosis)
cyan/o
blue (cyanotic)
erythr/o
red (erythrocyte)
melan/o
black (melanoma)
poli/o
gray; gray matter (of brain and spinal cord) (poliomyelitis)
acr/o
extremity (acrocyanosis)
eti/o
cause (etiology)
idi/o
unknown, peculiar (idiopathic)
morph/o
form, shape, structure (morphology)
path/o
disease (pathologist)
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) (radiologist)
somat/o
body (somatic)
son/o
sound (sonography)
tom/o
to cut (tomography)
viscer/o
internal organs (visceral)
xer/o
dry (xerosis)
-genesis
forming, producing, origin (pathogenesis)
-gnosis
knowing (prognosis)
-gram
record, writing (arteriogram)
-graph
instrument for recording (radiograph)
-graphy
process of recording (arthrography)
-logist
specialty in the study of (dermatologist)
-logy
study of (hematology)
-meter
instrument for measuring (thermometer)
-metry
act of measuring (ventriculometry)
-pathy
disease (gastropathy)