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HHS Body Structure
Medical Word Elements
Question | Answer |
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Cyt/o | Cell |
hist/o | Tissue |
anter/o | anterior, front |
caud/o | tail |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back (of body) |
infer/o | lower, below |
later/o | side, to one side |
medi/o | middle |
poster/o | back (of body) behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
gastr/o | stomach |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
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 |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
path/o | disease |
somat/o | body |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xer/o | dry |
genesis | forming, producing, origin |
gram | record, writing |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
logy | study of |
meter | instrument for measuring |
metry | act of measuring |
pathy | disease |
ab | from, away from |
ad | toward |
hetero | different |
homeo | same |
infra | below, under |
peri | around |
super | upper, above |
trans | across, through |
ultra | excess, behond |