Grst 211 Ch 2

Front 1

Base

Back 1

Basic Meaning, modified nouns, adjectives or verbs. It can make sense on its own

Front 2

Suffix

Back 2

Added to the end of the word/base (one letter or more than one) Makes no sense on its own

Front 3

Prefix

Back 3

Added to the front of the base, not all terms include a prefix, does not name sense on its own

Tell us how, where, or to what degree something happened

Front 4

ambi-, ambo-

Back 4

Both

Around

Front 5

apo-

Back 5

Away From

Front 6

contra-

Back 6

Opposite

Against

Front 7

ecto-

Back 7

outside

outermost

within

Front 8

inter-

Back 8

Between

Among

Front 9

intra-

Back 9

within

Front 10

meso-

Back 10

middle

Front 11

sub-

Back 11

below

underneath

almost

Front 12

super-

Back 12

upper

above

beyond

Front 13

trans-

Back 13

across

through

Front 14

-ad

Back 14

toward

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-an

Back 15

pertaining to

Front 16

-al

Back 16

pertaining to

Front 17

-ary

Back 17

pertaining to

Front 18

-ic

Back 18

pertaining to

Front 19

-ion

Back 19

action

condition

act of

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-ior

Back 20

pertaining to

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-ous

Back 21

pertaining to

like

full of

having

Front 22

-tic

Back 22

pertaining to the act of (or process or condition)

Front 23

-verse

Back 23

to turn

to travel

turned

Front 24

Ventr-

Back 24

front

abdomen

belly

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Dors-

Back 25

back

Front 26

Anter-

Back 26

front

before

Front 27

Poster-

Back 27

back

behind

Front 28

Front-

Back 28

Front

forehead

Front 29

Later-

Back 29

side

Front 30

Medi-

Back 30

middle

midline

Front 31

Mes-

Back 31

middle

midline

Front 32

Centr-

Back 32

center

mid point

Front 33

Dextr-

Back 33

right

right handed

Front 34

Sinistr-

Back 34

left

left handed

Front 35

Laev-

Back 35

left

left handed

Front 36

Lev-

Back 36

left

left handed

Front 37

Super-

Back 37

above

in the top part of

Front 38

Infer-

Back 38

below

in the bottom part of

Front 39

Cephal-

Back 39

head

Front 40

Caud-

Back 40

tail (in humans, the tail bone, or coccyx)

Front 41

Proxim-

Back 41

near to

near a point of attachment

near the beginning of a structure

Front 42

Dist-

Back 42

away from

away from a point of attachment

away from the beginning of a structure

Front 43

Intern-

Back 43

inside

Front 44

Extern-

Back 44

outside

Front 45

Faci-

Back 45

face

surface

Front 46

-fici-

Back 46

face

surface

Front 47

Pariet-

Back 47

wall (usually of a body cavity)

Front 48

Axi-

Back 48

axis

centra line

Front 49

Vers-

Back 49

travel

turn

Front 50

Vert-

Back 50

travel

turn

Front 51

Coron-

Back 51

Crown

like a crown

Front 52

Sagitt-

Back 52

Arrow

Front 53

Morph-

Back 53

form

shape

Front 54

Derm-

Back 54

skin

layer

Front 55

Dermat-

Back 55

skin

layer

Front 56

Som-

Back 56

body

Front 57

Somat-

Back 57

body

Front 58

Corp-

Corpor-

Corpus-

Back 58

Body