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Chapter 2 - Word Parts
Prefixes to Word Parts to Suffixes
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
09/06/2012
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Term
exo-
 Definition
out of, outside, away from
Term
end-, endo-
 Definition
in, within, inside
Term
Eti-
 Definition
cause
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epi-
 Definition
above
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Pan-
 Definition
entire
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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aden/o
 Definition
Gland
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adip/o
 Definition
fat
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anter/o
 Definition
before, front
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous
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caud/o
 Definition
lower part of the body, tail
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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Chondr/i
 Definition
Cartilage
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dem/i
 Definition
population
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gene
 Definition
producing
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hist/o, histi/o
 Definition
tissue
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home/o
 Definition
Constant
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idi/o
 Definition
Peculiar to the individual
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lumb/o
 Definition
lower back
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
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pertiton
 Definition
peritoneum
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Phys/i
 Definition
nature or physical
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poster/o
 Definition
behind, toward the back
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cyt/o, -cyte
 Definition
cell
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path/o, -pathy
 Definition
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
 Definition
development, growth, formation
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-ologist
 Definition
specialist
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-ology
 Definition
the science or study of
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-plasia
 Definition
formation
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-plasm
 Definition
formative material of cells
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-stasis, -static
 Definition
control, maintenance of a constant level
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-trophy
 Definition
developement
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-stasis
 Definition
control
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