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Anatomical Terminology
Chapter 2 Combining forms, suffixes, prefixes
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09/20/2012

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abdomin/o
Definition
abdomen
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adip/o
Definition
fat
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anter/o
Definition
front
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bol/o
Definition
to cast (throw)
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cervic/o
Definition
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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chondr/o
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cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
Definition
color
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
Definition
skull
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cyt/o
Definition
cell
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dist/o
Definition
far, distant
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dors/o
Definition
back portion of the body
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hist/o
Definition
tissue
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ili/o
Definition
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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inguin/o
Definition
groin
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kary/o
Definition
nucleus
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later/o
Definition
side
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lumb/o
Definition
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
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medi/o
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middle
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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pelv/i
Definition
pelvis, hip region
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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nearest
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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sacr/o
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flesh
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spin/o
Definition
spine, backbone
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thel/o
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nipple
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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umbilic/o
Definition
navel, umbilicus
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
Definition
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
Definition
internal organs
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ana-
Definition
up
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cata-
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down
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epi-
Definition
above
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hypo-
Definition
below
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inter-
Definition
between
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meta-
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change
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intra-
Definition
inside
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-eal
Definition
pertaining to
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-iac
Definition
pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process, condition
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
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formation
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-somes
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bodies
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-type
Definition
picture, classification
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