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rio medterm 1
medical word elements
element | meaning |
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cyt/o | cell |
hist/0 | tissue |
nucle/o | nucleus |
kary/o | nucleus |
anter/o | aterior, front |
caud/o | tail |
crani/o | cranium |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back |
infer/o | lower, below |
later/o | side |
medi/o | middle |
poster/o | back,behind,posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
cervic/o | neck;cervix uteri |
crani/o | cranium |
gastr/o | stomach |
ili/o | ilium |
inguin/o | groin |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
umbilic/o | navel |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
albin/o | white |
leuk/o | white |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cirrh/o | yellow |
jaund/o | yellow |
xanth/o | yellow |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
melan/o | black |
poli/o | gray |
acr/o | extremity |
eti/o | cause |
fasci/o | band fascia |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
path/o | disease |
radi/o | radiatin, xray |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xer/o | dry |