Body Structure- Word Elements Flashcards by Mrea Holden | Brainscape

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cyst/o

A

cell (cystologist)

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hist/o

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tissue (histology)

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kary/o; nucle/o

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nucleus (karyolysis, nuclear)

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anter/o

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anterior, front (anterior)

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caud/o

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tail (cuadad)

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cephal/o

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head (cephalad)

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dist/o

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far, farthest (distal)

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dors/o

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back (of body) (dorsal)

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infer/o

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lower, below (inferior)

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later/o

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side, to one side (lateral)

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medi/o

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middle (mediad)

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poster/o

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back (of body), behind, posterior (posterior)

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proxim/o

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near, nearest (proximal)

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ventr/o

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belly, belly side (ventral)

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abdomin/o

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abdomen (abdominal)

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) (cervical)

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crani/o

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cranium (skull) (cranial)

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gastr/o

A

stomach (hypogastric)

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ili/o

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ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) (iliac)

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inguin/o

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groin (inguinal)

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lumb/o

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loins (lower back) (lumbar)

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pelv/i; pelv/o

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pelvis (pelvimeter, pelvic)

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spin/o

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spine (spinal)

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thorac/o

A

chest (thoracic)

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umbilic/o

A

umbilicus, navel (umbilical)

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albin/o; leuk/o

A

white (albinism, leukocyte)

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chlor/o

A

green (chloropia)

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chrom/o

A

color (heterochromic)

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cirrh/o; jaund/o; xanth/o

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yellow (cirrhosis, jaundice, xanthosis)

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cyan/o

A

blue (cyanotic)

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erythr/o

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red (erythrocyte)

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melan/o

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black (melanoma)

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poli/o

A

gray; gray matter (of brain and spinal cord) (poliomyelitis)

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acr/o

A

extremity (acrocyanosis)

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eti/o

A

cause (etiology)

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idi/o

A

unknown, peculiar (idiopathic)

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morph/o

A

form, shape, structure (morphology)

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path/o

A

disease (pathologist)

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) (radiologist)

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somat/o

A

body (somatic)

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son/o

A

sound (sonography)

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tom/o

A

to cut (tomography)

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viscer/o

A

internal organs (visceral)

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xer/o

A

dry (xerosis)

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-genesis

A

forming, producing, origin (pathogenesis)

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-gnosis

A

knowing (prognosis)

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-gram

A

record, writing (arteriogram)

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-graph

A

instrument for recording (radiograph)

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-graphy

A

process of recording (arthrography)

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-logist

A

specialty in the study of (dermatologist)

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-logy

A

study of (hematology)

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring (thermometer)

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-metry

A

act of measuring (ventriculometry)

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-pathy

A

disease (gastropathy)