Ch4: Medical Words - Body Structure Flashcards by Natalie Barcenas | Brainscape

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cyt/o

A

cell

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hist/o

A

tissue

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kary/o, nucle/o

A

nucleus

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anter/o

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anterior, front

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caud/o

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tail

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cephal/o

A

head

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dist/o

A

far, farthest

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dors/o

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back (of body)

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infer/o

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lower, below

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later/o

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side, to one side

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medi/o

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middle

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poster/o

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back (of body), behind, posterior

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proxim/o

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near, nearest

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ventr/o

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belly, belly side

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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crani/o

A

cranium (skull)

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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ili/o

A

ilium

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inguin/o

A

groin

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lumb/o

A

loins (lower back)

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pelv/i, pelv/o

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pelvis

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spin/o

A

spine

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thorac/o

A

chest

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umbilic/o

A

umbilicus, navel

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albin/o

A

white

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leuk/o

A

white

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chlor/o

A

green

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chrom/o

A

color

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cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

A

yellow

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cyan/o

A

blue

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erythr/o

A

red

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melan/o

A

black

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poli/o

A

gray, gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

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acr/o

A

extremity

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eti/o

A

cause

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idio/o

A

unknown, peculiar

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morph/o

A

form, shape, structure

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path/o

A

disease

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radi/o

A

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

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somat/o

A

body

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son/o

A

sound

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tom/o

A

to cut

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viscer/o

A

internal organs

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xer/o

A

dry

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-genesis

A

forming, producing, origin

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-gnosis

A

knowing

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-gram

A

record, writing

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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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-logy

A

study of

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

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-metry

A

act of measuring

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-pathy

A

disease

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ab-

A

from, away from

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ad-

A

toward

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hetero-

A

different

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homeo-

A

same, alike

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infra-

A

below, under

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peri-

A

around

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super-

A

upper, above

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trans-

A

across, through

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ultra-

A

excess, beyond