Medical Words Elements Flashcards
1
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
2
Q
Hist/o
A
Tissue
3
Q
kary/o or nucle/o
A
Nucleus
4
Q
anter/o
A
Anterior, front
5
Q
caud/o
A
Tail
6
Q
cephal/o
A
Head
7
Q
dist/o
A
Far, farthest
8
Q
dors/o
A
Back of body
9
Q
Infer/o
A
Lower, below
10
Q
Later/o
A
Side, to one side of
11
Q
medi/o
A
Middle
12
Q
poster/o
A
Back (of body) behind, posterior
13
Q
proxim/o
A
Near, nearest
14
Q
ventr/o
A
Belly, belly side
15
Q
abdomin/o
A
Abdomen
16
Q
cervic/o
A
Neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
17
Q
crani/o
A
Cranium
18
Q
gastr/o
A
Stomach
19
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone)
20
Q
inguin/o
A
Groin
21
Q
lumb/o
A
Loins (lower back)
22
Q
pelv/i or pelv/o
A
Pelvis
23
Q
spin/o
A
Spine
24
Q
thorac/o
A
Chest
25
umbilic/o
Umbilicus, naval
26
albin/o
White
27
Leuk/o
White
28
chlor/o
Green
29
chrom/o
Color
30
cirrh/o
Yellow
31
jaund/o
Yellow
32
xanth/o
Yellow
33
cyan/o
Blue
34
erythr/o
Red
35
melan/o
Black
36
poli/o
Gray or gray matter of brain or spinal cord
37
acr/o
Extremity
38
eti/o
Cause
39
idi/o
Unknown, peculiar
40
morph/o
Form, shape, structure
41
radi/o
Radiation, X-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
42
somat/o
Body
43
son/o
Sound
44
tom/o
To cut
45
viscer/o
Internal organs
46
xer/o
Dry
