| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| pert. to abdomen | abdominal |
| surgical puncture of abdomen | abdominocentesis |
| surgical repair of abdomen | abdominoplasty |
| process of looking at abdomen with a scope | abdominoscopy |
| Acr/o | extremities |
| inflammation of the extremities | acritis |
| inflammation of the skin and extremities | acrodermatitis |
| large extremities | acromegaly |
| pain in the extremities | acrodynia |
| pain in the extremities | acralgia |
| condition of blue extremities | acrocyanosis |
| acroparalysis | lack of feeling in the extremities |
| premature aging of the extremities | acropenia |
| acroparalysis | unable to move extremities |
| anatom/o | body structures |
| the study of body structures | anatomy |
| one who studies body structures | anatomist |
| anter/o | front |
| pert to front | anterior |
| blast/o | immature (embryonic) |
| immature (embryonic) cell | blastocyte |
| desruction of a immature (embryonic) cell | blastolysis |
| caud/o | tail |
| pert. to the tail | caudal |
| toward the tail | caudad |
| having a tail | caudate |
| cephal/o | head |
| pert. to the head | cephalic |
| head ache | cephalodynia |
| head ache | cephalalgia |
| hernia of the head | cephalocele |
| instrumment to measure the head | cephalometer |
| disease of the head | cephalopathy |
| cyan/o | blue |
| conditon (noun) of being blue | cyanosis |
| conditon (adj) of being blue | cyanotic |
| blue skin | cyanoderma |
| blue urine | cyanuria |
| conditon of blue extremities | acrocyanosis |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| instrument to measure cells | cytometer |
| process of measuring cells | cytometry |
| destruction of cells | cytolysis |
| developement of cells | cytogenesis |
| lack of cells | cytopenia |
| dermat/o (derm/o) | skin |
| inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
| skin disease | dermatopathy |
| skin conditon | dermatosis |
| study of the skin | dematology |
| one who studies skin | dematologist |
| inflammation of the extremities and skin | acrodermatitis |
| red skin | erythoderma |
| white skin | leukoderma |
| blue skin | cyanoderma |
| dist/o | distant from a point |
| pert. to the distant from a point | distal |
| backside | dors/o |
| pert to the back side | dorsal |
| toward the back side | dorsad |
| epitheli/o | epithelium (skin) |
| pert. to the epithelium (skin) | epithelial |
| inflammation of the epithelium (skin) | epithelitis |
| resembling epithelium (skin) | epitheloid |
| eti/o | cause of something |
| study of casue of something | etiology |
| (adj) cause of something | etiologic |
| hist/o | tissue |
| immature tissue | histoblast |
| tissue cell | histocyte |
| study of tissue | histology |
| one who studies tissue | histologist |
| destruction of tissue | histolysis |
| tissue tumor | histoma |
| later/o | side |
| pert. to the side | lateral |
| toward the side | laterad |
| leuk/o | white |
| white cell | leukocyte |
| pert. to white cells | leukocytic |
| immature white cells | leukoblast |
| lacking white cells | leukopenia |
| white skin | leukoderma |
| cancer of white blood cells | leukemia |
| medi/o | middle |
| pert. to the middle | medial |
| toward the middle | mediad |
| muc/o | mucus (membrane) |
| mucus (noun) | mucus |
| mucus (adj) | mucous |
| megal/o | large |
| large cornea | megalocornea |
| large head (noun) | megalocephaly |
| large head (adj) | megalocephalic |
| large cell | megalocyte |
| large feet | megalopodia |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| insturment to measure the pelvis | pelvimeter |
| process of measuring the pelvis | pelvimetry |
| pert to the pelvis | pelvic |
| physi/o | function |
| study of function | physiology |
| one who studies function | physiologist |
| pert to function | physiologic |
| pleur/o | lung |
| surgical puncture of the lung | pleurocentesis |
| pert. to the lung | pleural |
| inflammation of the lung | pleurlitis |
| lung pain | pleuralgia |
| lung pain | pleuralodynia |
| excision of the lung | pleuralectomy |
| herniation of the lung | pleuralocele |
| incision of the lung | pleuralotomy |
| back side | poster/o |
| pert. to back side | posterior |
| proxim/o | closest to point |
| pert. to the closest point | proximal |
| toward the closest point | proximad |
| ser/o | serous (membrane) |
| pert. to serum | serum |
| (noun) serum | serum |
| thorac/o | chest |
| (noun) chest | thorax |
| (adj) chest | thoracic |
| surgical puncture of the chest | thoracocentesis |
| instrument to measure the chest | thoracometer |
| process of measuring the chest | thoracometry |
| disease of the chest | thoracopathy |
| surgical repair of the chest | thoracoplasty |
| instrument to look at the chest | thoracoscope |
| process of using an instrument to look at the chest | thoracoscopy |
| incise of the chest | thoracotomy |
| front | vetr/o |
| pert. to the front | vetral |
| toward the front | vetrad |
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