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Anatomical Prefixes and Their Meanings, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Definitions for common anatomical prefixes and their corresponding meanings. These prefixes include abdomin-, anter-, caud-, cephal-, cervic-, chondr-, crani-, cyt-, dist-, dors-, gastr-, hist-, ili-, infer-, inguin-, later-, lumb-, medi-, nucle-, pelv-, poster-, proxim-, radi-, spin-, super-, thorac-, umbilic-, ventr-, and various suffixes such as -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous, -iac, -ic, and -ior. These prefixes are essential for understanding medical terminology and anatomy.

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
abdomin/o
DEFINITION 1
WR: abdomen
TERM 2
anter/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: anterior, front
TERM 3
caud/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: tail
TERM 4
cephal/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: head
TERM 5
cervic/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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abdomin/o

WR: abdomen

TERM 2

anter/o

DEFINITION 2

WR: anterior, front

TERM 3

caud/o

DEFINITION 3

WR: tail

TERM 4

cephal/o

DEFINITION 4

WR: head

TERM 5

cervic/o

DEFINITION 5

WR: neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

chondr/o

WR: cartilage

TERM 7

crani/o

DEFINITION 7

WR: cranium (skull)

TERM 8

cyt/o

DEFINITION 8

WR: cell

TERM 9

dist/o

DEFINITION 9

WR: far, farthest

TERM 10

dors/o

DEFINITION 10

WR: back (of body)

later/o

WR: side, to one side

TERM 17

lumb/o

DEFINITION 17

WR: loins (lower back)

TERM 18

medi/o

DEFINITION 18

WR: middle

TERM 19

nucle/o

DEFINITION 19

WR: nucleus

TERM 20

pelv/o, pelv/i

DEFINITION 20

WR: pelvis

poster/o

WR: back (of body), behind, posterior

TERM 22

proxim/o

DEFINITION 22

WR: near, nearest

TERM 23

radi/o

DEFINITION 23

WR: radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

TERM 24

spin/o

DEFINITION 24

WR: spine

TERM 25

super/o

DEFINITION 25

WR: upper, above

logist

S: specialist in study of

TERM 32

logy

DEFINITION 32

S: study of

TERM 33

lysis

DEFINITION 33

S: separation; destruction; loosening

TERM 34

toxic

DEFINITION 34

S: poison

TERM 35

verse

DEFINITION 35

S: turning

epi

P: above, on

TERM 37

hypo

DEFINITION 37

P: under, below, deficient

TERM 38

medi

DEFINITION 38

P: middle

TERM 39

super

DEFINITION 39

S: upper, above

TERM 40

trans

DEFINITION 40

P: through, across