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Health & disease c2.
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | relationship to a gland |
abip/o | fat |
anter/o | front, anterior, before, in front of |
caud/o | lower, tail/ tail end |
cephal/o | relating to the brain/ head |
cyt/o | denoting cell/ cytoplasm |
-cyte | a cell |
end-, endo- | denoting in, within, inner |
exo- | out of, away from, outer, external |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | one who studies/ practices (specialist) |
-ology | the study of |
path/o, -pathy | disease |
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia | growth, development, formation |
poster/o | posterior, toward the back |
-stasis, -static | stoppage of normal flow of fluids, lack of movement/ change |
adenectomy | surgical removal of gland |
anatomy | identification of structures of living things |
epidemic | unexpected increase in number of disease cases |
epigastric | lying upon/ over the stomach |
endemic | disease thats always present |
homeostasis | state of balance needed in body to function/ survive |
pandemic | outbreak in disease spread across countries/ continents |
physiology | study of how the human body works |
retroperitoneal | space between perituneam & posterior abdomical wall |
umbilicus | belly button |