Med Terms. Ch 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 the body
-ar
pertaining to
Carcin
Cancerous
Caud
tail or lower part of the body
Cephal
head
Chondr/i
cartilage
-crine
to secrete
Cyt
cells
Dem
population
Dors-
back of the 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, high
Hypo
below, low
-ic
pertaining to
Idi/o
peculiar to the individual
ili
hip bone
-ior
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
Lumb
lower back
-malacia
abnormal softening
-ologist
specialist
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor
-ose
pertaining to
Pan
entire
Path/o
disease
-pathy
disease
Pelv
pelvis
Periton
peritoneum
Physi-
nature or physical
-plasia
formation
-plasm
formative material of the cells
Poster
back or toward the back
Retro
behind
-stasis
control
-tics
pertaining to
trophy
development
Ventr
belly side of the body
Midsagittal
divides the body into equal left and right halves
Sagittal
divides the body into unequal left and right portions
Transverse
divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions
Frontal/Coronal
divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions