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cyt/o
cell (cytologist- specialist in the study of cells)
TERM 2
Hist/o
DEFINITION 2
tissue (histology- the study of tissue)
TERM 3
Kary/o
DEFINITION 3
nucleus ( karyolysis- destruction of nucleus)
TERM 4
Nucle/o
DEFINITION 4
nucleus (nuclear- pertaining to the nucleus)
TERM 5
anter/o
DEFINITION 5
anterior, front (anterior- pertianing to the front)
caud/o
tail (caudad- toward the tail)
TERM 7
crani/o
DEFINITION 7
cranium, skull
TERM 8
dist/o
DEFINITION 8
far, farthest
TERM 9
poster/o
DEFINITION 9
back ( of body)
TERM 10
infer/o
DEFINITION 10
lower, below
abdomin/o
abdomen
TERM 17
cervic/o
DEFINITION 17
neck, cervix uteri ( neck of the uterus)
TERM 18
crani/o
DEFINITION 18
cranium
TERM 19
gastr/o
DEFINITION 19
stomach
TERM 20
ili/o
DEFINITION 20
ilium ( lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
inguin/o
groin
TERM 22
ili/o
DEFINITION 22
loins ( lower back)
TERM 23
pelv/i
DEFINITION 23
pelvis pelvimeter
TERM 24
pelv/o
DEFINITION 24
pelvis pelvic- pertaining to the pelvis
TERM 25
spin/o
DEFINITION 25
spine spinal- pertaining to the spine
chrom/o
colorheterochromic- pertaining to different colors
TERM 32
cirrh/o
DEFINITION 32
yellow
TERM 33
jaund/o
DEFINITION 33
yellow
TERM 34
xanth/o
DEFINITION 34
yellow
TERM 35
cyan/o
DEFINITION 35
blue
erythr/o
red
TERM 37
melan/o
DEFINITION 37
black
TERM 38
poli/o
DEFINITION 38
gray, gray matter ( of brain or spinal column)
TERM 39
acr/o
DEFINITION 39
extremity
TERM 40
eti/o
DEFINITION 40
cause
son/o
sound
TERM 47
viscer/o
DEFINITION 47
internal organs
TERM 48
xer/o
DEFINITION 48
dry
TERM 49
-genesis
DEFINITION 49
forming, producing, origin
TERM 50
-gnosis
DEFINITION 50
knowing
-gram
record, writing
TERM 52
-graph
DEFINITION 52
instrument for recording
TERM 53
-graphy
DEFINITION 53
process of recording
TERM 54
-logist
DEFINITION 54
specialist in the study of
TERM 55
-logy
DEFINITION 55
study of
hetero-
different
TERM 62
homeo-
DEFINITION 62
same, alike
TERM 63
infra-
DEFINITION 63
below, under
TERM 64
peri-
DEFINITION 64
around
TERM 65
super-
DEFINITION 65
upper, above
trans-
across, through
TERM 67
ultra-
DEFINITION 67
excess, beyond
