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Health & Disease
Word Parts
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | before, front |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o cyte | cell |
end- endo- | in within inside |
exo- | out of outside away from |
hist/o | tissue |
-ologist | specailist |
-ology | the science OR study of |
plas/i plas/o plasia | development growth formation |
poster/o | behind toward the back |
-stasis -static | control maintenance of a constant level |
physi | nature, physical |
ventr | belly side |
dors | back of body |
anter | front or before |
home/o | constant |
pelv | pelvis |
hypo | below |
chondr/i | cartilage |
epi- | above |
lumb | lower back |
ili | hip bone |
periton | peritoneum |
-plasm | formative |
embry/o | fertilized ovum |
gene | producing |
somatic | pertaining to the body in general |
-plasia | formation |
ana- | backward |
dys- | bad |
-trophy | development |
-crine | secrete |
carcin | canerous |
dem/i | population |
pan- | entire |
idi/o | peculiar to the individual |
path | disease |
ger | old age |
-iatrics | field of medicine |
tele | distant |
-metry | measure |
A & P | anatomy and physiology |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
GP | general practioner |
HD | Huntington's disease |
LLQ | left lower quadrant |
LUQ | left upper quadrant |
PA | physician assistant |
RLQ | right lower quadrant |
RUQ | right upper quardant |