word list 2 (prefix-suffix) Flashcards
What does ‘abdomen/o’ refer to?
abdomen
What does ‘caud/o’ refer to?
tail
What does ‘cephal/o’ refer to?
head
What does ‘cervic/o’ refer to?
neck; neck of uterus
What does ‘crani/o’ refer to?
cranium (skull)
What does ‘gastr/o’ refer to?
stomach
What does ‘ili/o’ refer to?
ilium (lateral portion of hip bone)
What does ‘inguin/o’ refer to?
groin
What does ‘lumb/o’ refer to?
loins (lower back)
What does ‘pelv/i’ refer to?
pelvis
What does ‘pelv/o’ refer to?
pelvis
What does ‘spin/o’ refer to?
spine
What does ‘thorac/o’ refer to?
chest
What does ‘umbilic/o’ refer to?
umbilicus, navel
What does ‘anter/o’ refer to?
anterior, front
What does ‘dist/o’ refer to?
far, farthest
What does ‘dors/o’ refer to?
back (of body)
What does ‘infer/o’ refer to?
lower, below
What does ‘later/o’ refer to?
side, to one side
What does ‘medi/o’ refer to?
middle
What does ‘poster/o’ refer to?
back (of body), behind, posterior
What does ‘proxim/o’ refer to?
near, nearest
What does ‘super/o’ refer to?
upper, above
What does ‘ventr/o’ refer to?
belly, belly side
al
pertaining to
cyt/o
cell
hist/o
tissue
nucle/o
nucleus
radi/o
radiation, xray, radius (arm bone)
gen, genesis
forming, producing, origin
logist
specialist in the study of
logy
study of
plasia
formation, growth
bi
two
epi
above, upon
infra
below, under
trans
across, through
