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MS III: Chapter 2
Prefixes/Suffixes/Combining Forms To Know For This Chapter!
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebra (e), backbone (s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
meta- | change |
-eal, -iac, -ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |