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-al, -ac pertainint to, or relating to a- away from, negative, not, without ab- away from abdominal abdomen acromial shoulder ad- toward, to , in direction of aden/o gland adip/o fat -algia pain, suffering angi/o relating to blood or lymph vessels ante- before, toward antecubital front of elbow anterior/ventral front; before anti- against, counter aort/o aorta arteri/o artery arthr/o joint -ary pertaining to, relating to ather/o plaque, fatty substance axillary armpit bi- two brachial arm buccal cheek carcin/o cancerous cardi/o heart carpal wrist -cele tumor, cyst, hernia -centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid cephalic head cervic/o neck, cervix cervical neck chol/e bile, gall chondr/o cartilage col/o; colon/o colon, large intestine colp/o vagina cost/o rib coxal hip crani/o skull crural leg cutane/o skin cyan/o blue cyst/e urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid deep farther from the body surface deltoid top of shoulder digital fingers distal away from an attached base femoral thigh fibular fibula gluteal buttock inferior below; at a lower level inguinal groin intermediate between two extremes lateral away from the body's longitudinal axis lumbar loin, lower back medial toward the body's longitudinal axis nasal nasus or nose occipital back of head oral oris or mouth orbital eye or ocular patellar kneecap pelvic pelvis popliteal back of knee posterior/dorsal back; behind proximal toward an attached base pubic pubis sacral sacrum scapular shoulder blade sternal sternum superficial at, near, or relatively close to the body surface superior above; at a higher level sural calf tarsal ankle thoracic chest umbilical navel or umbilicus vertebral vertebrae