suffixes, prefixes, and vocab Flashcards by grace hedges

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cyt/o meaning

A

cell

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hist/o meaning

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tissue

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kary/o, nucle/o meaning

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nucleus

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anter /o meaning

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anterior

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caud/o

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tail

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cephal/o

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head

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dist/o meaning

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far

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dors/o meaning

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back

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infer/o meaning

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lower

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later/o meaning

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side

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medi/o meaning

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middle

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poster/o meaning

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back behind, posterior

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proxim/o meaning

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near

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ventr/o meaning

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belly, belly side

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albin/o, leuk/o meaning

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white

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chrom/o meaning

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color

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cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o meaning

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yellow

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cyan/o meaning

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blue

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erythr/o meaning

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red

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melan/o meaning

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black

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poli/o meaning

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gray

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radi/o meaning

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radiation, xray

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viscer/o meaning

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internal organs

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abduction meaning

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away from median of body

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adduction meaning

towards median of body

medial meaning

pertaining to midline of body

lateral meaning

pertaining to side

superior meaning

towards head or upper region

inferior meaning

away from head or lower region

proximal meaning

near to center

distal meaning

away from center

anterior meaning

front of body

posterior meaning

back of body

parietal meaning

outer wall of body cavity

visceral meaning

internal organs

prone meaning

face down

supine meaning

face up

inversion meaning

turning inwards

eversion meaning

turning outwards

palmar meaning

palm of hand

plantar meaning

sole of the foot

superficial meaning

towards the surface of the body

deep meaning

away from the surface of the body

coronal plane sections?

anterior and posterior

transverse plane sections?

top and bottom

midsagittal plane sections?

right and left

Anter/o meaning

Anterior

Caud/o meaning

Tail

Cephal/o meaning

Head

Dist/o meaning

Far

Dors/o meaning

Back

Infer/o meaning

Lower

Later/o meaning

Side

Medi/o meaning

Middle

Poster/o meaning

Back, behind

Proxim/o meaning

Near

Ventr/o meaning

Belly

Adip/o, lip/o, steat/o meaning

Fat

Cutane/o Dermat/o Derm/o meaning

Skin

Hidr/o, sudor/o meaning

Sweat

Ichthy meaning

Dry, scaly

Kerat/o

Hard tussue

Myc/o meaning

Fungus

Onych/o, ungu/o meaning

Nail

Pil/o, trich/o meaning

Hair

Scler/o meaning

Hardening

Seb/o meaning

Sebum. Sebaceous

somat/o meaning

body