chapter 2 Flashcards
-a
without
abdomen/o
abdomen
-ac
pertaining to
aden
gland
aden/o
gland
adip
fat
-al
pertaining to
ana-
excessive
anter
front of body
-ar
pertaining to
carcin
cancerous
caud
tail or lower part of body
cephal
head
chondr/i
cartiliage
-crine
to secrete
cyt
cells
dem
population
dors-
back of body
dys
bad
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
epi
above
eti
cause
exo-
out of
gastr
stomach
gene
producing
hist
tissue
home/o
constant
hyper
excessive
hypo
below
-ic
pertaining to
ido/o
peculiar to the individual
ili
hip bone
-ior
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
lumb
lower back
-malacia
abnormal sofeining
-ologist
specialist
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor
-osa
pertaining to
pan
entire
path/o
disease
-pathy
disease
pelv
pelvis
periton
peritoneum
physi-
nature or physical
-plasia
formation
-plasm
formative material of cells
poster
back or towards the back
retro
behind
-stasis
control
-tics
pertaining to
trophy
development
ventr
belly side of the body