Terminology - Body

Front 1

Ambulat/o

Back 1

Walking

Front 2

Ancill/o

Back 2

Servant to; accessory

Front 3

Anter/o

Back 3

Before; front part

Front 4

Caud/o

Back 4

Tail (tail bone)

Front 5

Cav/o

Back 5

Hollow space

Front 6

Cephal/o

Back 6

Head

Front 7

Chondr/o

Back 7

Cartilage

Front 8

Chron/o

Back 8

Time

Front 9

Coron/o

Back 9

Structure that encircles like a crown

Front 10

Crani/o

Back 10

Cranium (skull)

Front 11

Crin/o

Back 11

Secrete

Front 12

Dent/o

Back 12

Tooth

Front 13

Dermat/o

Back 13

Skin

Front 14

Dietet/o

Back 14

Foods; diet

Front 15

Dist/o

Back 15

Away from the center or point of origin

Front 16

Dors/o

Back 16

Back; dorsum

Front 17

Exacerb/o

Back 17

Increase; provoke

Front 18

Extern/o

Back 18

Outside

Front 19

Fract/o

Back 19

Break up

Front 20

Front/o

Back 20

Front

Front 21

Genit/o

Back 21

Genitalia

Front 22

Gnos/o

Back 22

Knowledge

Front 23

Gynec/o

Back 23

Female

Front 24

Habilitat/o

Back 24

Give ability

Front 25

Iatr/o

Back 25

Physician; medical treatment

Front 26

Infer/o

Back 26

Below

Front 27

Inguin/o

Back 27

Groin

Front 28

Integument/o

Back 28

Skin

Front 29

Intern/o

Back 29

Inside

Front 30

Lil/o

Back 30

Ilium (hip bone)

Front 31

Lumb/o

Back 31

Lumbar

Front 32

Lymph/o

Back 32

Lymph;lymphatic system

Front 33

Macr/o

Back 33

Large

Front 34

Medi/o

Back 34

Middle

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Medic/o

Back 35

Physician; medicine

Front 36

Micr/o

Back 36

One millionth; small

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Nat/o

Back 37

Birth

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Ne/o

Back 38

New

Front 39

Nerv/o

Back 39

Nerve

Front 40

Obstetr/o

Back 40

Pregnancy and childbirth

Front 41

Onc/o

Back 41

Tumor; mass

Front 42

Ophthalm/o

Back 42

Eye

Front 43

Orth/o

Back 43

Straight

Front 44

Ot/o

Back 44

Ear

Front 45

Palliat/o

Back 45

Reduce the severity of

Front 46

Ped/o

Back 46

Child

Front 47

Pharmac/o

Back 47

Medicine; drug

Front 48

Physi/o

Back 48

Physical function

Front 49

Physic/o

Back 49

Body

Front 50

Poster/o

Back 50

Back part

Front 51

Product/o

Back 51

Produce

Front 52

Proxim/o

Back 52

Near the center or point of origin

Front 53

Pulmon/o

Back 53

Lung

Front 54

Radi/o

Back 54

Radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation

Front 55

Recuper/o

Back 55

Recover

Front 56

Remiss/o

Back 56

Send back

Front 57

Sagitt/o

Back 57

Going from front to back

Front 58

Scop/o

Back 58

Examine with an instrument

Front 59

Skelet/o

Back 59

Skeleton

Front 60

Spin/o

Back 60

Spine; backbone

Front 61

Super/o

Back 61

Above

Front 62

Surg/o

Back 62

Operative procedure

Front 63

Techno/o

Back 63

Technical skill

Front 64

Termin/o

Back 64

End; boundary

Front 65

Therapeut/o

Back 65

Therapy; treatment

Front 66

Thorac/o

Back 66

Thorax (chest)

Front 67

Tom/o

Back 67

Cut; slice; layer

Front 68

Umbilic/o

Back 68

Umbilicus; navel

Front 69

Vascul/o

Back 69

Blood vessel

Front 70

Ventr/o

Back 70

Front; Abdomen

Front 71

Vers/o

Back 71

To Travel; to turn

Front 72

Viscer/o

Back 72

Large internal organs

Front 73

-logy

Back 73

the study of

Front 74

ur/o-

Back 74

urine; urinary system

Front 75

per-

Back 75

through; throughout

Front 76

trans-

Back 76

across; throughout

Front 77

anti-

Back 77

against

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re-

Back 78

again and again; backward; unable to

Front 79

intra-

Back 79

within

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poly-

Back 80

many; much

Front 81

intra-

Back 81

within

Front 82

ultra-

Back 82

beyond; higher

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supra-

Back 83

above

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dia-

Back 84

complete; completely through

Front 85

extra-

Back 85

outside of

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dys-

Back 86

painful; abnormal; difficult

Front 87

in-

Back 87

in; within; not

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-ary

Back 88

pertaining to

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-al

Back 89

pertaining to

Front 90

-ory

Back 90

having the function of

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-ar

Back 91

pertaining to

Front 92

-eal

Back 92

pertaining to

Front 93

-ic

Back 93

pertaining to

Front 94

-stalsis

Back 94

process of contraction

Front 95

-ile

Back 95

pertaining to

Front 96

-lyte

Back 96

dissolved substance

Front 97

-ion

Back 97

action; condition

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-ate

Back 98

composed of; pertaining to

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-ule

Back 99

small thing

Front 100

-ine

Back 100

thing pertaining to

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-ation

Back 101

a process; being or having

Front 102

-tion

Back 102

a process; being or having

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-in

Back 103

a substance

Front 104

-poietin

Back 104

a substance that forms

Front 105

-itis

Back 105

inflammation of; infection of

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-osis

Back 106

condition; abnormal condition; process

Front 107

-ectasis

Back 107

condition of dilation

Front 108

-iasis

Back 108

state of; process of

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-esis

Back 109

a process

Front 110

-pathy

Back 110

disease; suffering

Front 111

-ptosis

Back 111

state of prolapse; drooping; falling

Front 112

-tic

Back 112

pertaining to

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-ous

Back 113

pertaining to

Front 114

-oma

Back 114

tumor; mass

Front 115

-emia

Back 115

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

Front 116

-cele

Back 116

hernia

Front 117

-ias

Back 117

condition

Front 118

-ia

Back 118

condition; state; thing

Front 119

-ence

Back 119

state of

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-ity

Back 120

state; condition

Front 121

-cyte

Back 121

cell

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-meter

Back 122

instrument used to measure

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-graphy

Back 123

process of recording

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-gram

Back 124

a record or picture

Front 125

-grade

Back 125

pertaining to going

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-ization

Back 126

process of making, creating or inserting

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-lysis

Back 127

process of breaking down or destroying

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-ectomy

Back 128

surgical excision

Front 129

-scopy

Back 129

process using an instrument to examine

Front 130

-scope

Back 130

instrument used to examine

Front 131

-tripsy

Back 131

process of crushing

Front 132

-triptor

Back 132

thing that crushes

Front 133

-tomy

Back 133

process of cutting or making an incision

Front 134

-pexy

Back 134

process of surgically fixing in place

Front 135

-opsy

Back 135

process of viewing

Front 136

-plasty

Back 136

process of reshaping by surgery

Front 137

-etic

Back 137

pertaining to

Front 138

-ist

Back 138

one who specializes in

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urin/o-

Back 139

urine; urinary system

Front 140

peritone/o

Back 140

peritoneum

Front 141

genit/o-

Back 141

genitalia

Front 142

excret-o-

Back 142

removing from the body

Front 143

ren/o-

Back 143

kidney

Front 144

hil/o-

Back 144

hilum

Front 145

cortic/o-

Back 145

cortex (outer region)

Front 146

calic/o-

Back 146

calix

Front 147

pelv/o-

Back 147

pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)

Front 148

ureter/o-

Back 148

ureter

Front 149

vesic/o-

Back 149

bladder; fluid-filled sac

Front 150

mucos/o-

Back 150

mucous membrane

Front 151

urethr/o-

Back 151

urethra

Front 152

prostat/o-

Back 152

prostate gland

Front 153

pen/o-

Back 153

penis

Front 154

glomerul/o-

Back 154

glomerulus

Front 155

electr/o-

Back 155

electricity

Front 156

filtrat/o-

Back 156

filtering; straining

Front 157

filtr/o-

Back 157

filter

Front 158

proxim/o-

Back 158

near the center or point of origin

Front 159

tub/o-

Back 159

tube

Front 160

tubul/o-

Back 160

tube; small tube

Front 161

absorpt/o-

Back 161

absorb; take in

Front 162

dist/o-

Back 162

away from the center or point of origin

Front 163

micturi/o-

Back 163

making urine

Front 164

erythr/o-

Back 164

red

Front 165

nephr/o-

Back 165

kidney; nephron

Front 166

pyel/o-

Back 166

renal pelvis

Front 167

hydr/o-

Back 167

water; fluid

Front 168

cali/o-

Back 168

calix

Front 169

lith/o-

Back 169

stone

Front 170

calcul/o-

Back 170

stone

Front 171

gen/o-

Back 171

arising from; produced by

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col/o-

Back 172

colon

Front 173

scler/o-

Back 173

hard; sclera (white of the eye)

Front 174

cyst/o-

Back 174

bladder; fluid filled sac; semi-solid cyst

Front 175

congenit/o-

Back 175

present at birth

Front 176

cancer/o-

Back 176

cancer

Front 177

carcin/o-

Back 177

cancer

Front 178

blast/o-

Back 178

immature; embryonic

Front 179

necr/o-

Back 179

dead cells; tissue or body

Front 180

chron/o-

Back 180

time

Front 181

interstiti/o-

Back 181

spaces between cells

Front 182

radi/o-

Back 182

radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation

Front 183

neur/o-

Back 183

nerve

Front 184

retent/o-

Back 184

keep; hold back

Front 185

vagin/o-

Back 185

vagina

Front 186

spad/o-

Back 186

tear; opening

Front 187

albumin/o-

Back 187

albumin

Front 188

protein/o-

Back 188

protein

Front 189

bacteri/o-

Back 189

bacterium

Front 190

enur/o

Back 190

to urinate

Front 191

glycos/o-

Back 191

glucose (sugar)

Front 192

hemat/o-

Back 192

blood

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kal/i-

Back 193

potassium

Front 194

contin/o-

Back 194

hold together

Front 195

keton/o-

Back 195

ketones

Front 196

noct/o-

Back 196

night

Front 197

olig/o-

Back 197

scanty; few

Front 198

py/o-

Back 198

pus

Front 199

infect/o-

Back 199

disease within