Chapter 2: The Human Body in Health and Disease
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ana- | up, toward, apart |
| bi- | two |
| epi- | upon, over, above, on top |
| hypo- | under, below normal |
| uni- | one |
| abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| anter/o; anteri/o | front |
| brachi/o | arm |
| card/o; cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chondr/o; chondri/o | gristle, cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| cran/o; crani/o | skull, cranium |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| femor/o | thigh |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | formation, cause, produce |
| glut/o | buttock |
| hom/o; home/o | sameness, unchanging |
| iatr/o; iatri/o | to heal |
| idi/o | person, self |
| ili/o | flank, hip, groin |
| infect/o | to enter, invade |
| infer/o; inferi/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/o | pelvis, washbasin |
| physi/o | nature |
| poster/o; posteri/o | back |
| proxim/o | near |
| spin/o | spine, thorn |
| super/o; superi/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| tom/o | to cut |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | front, belly |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | act or process |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -y | process of |
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