MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/CC82C8F9/medicaltranscription-cavitiesinthebody.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" TERMS PERTAINING TO THE BODY AS WHOLE

TERMS PERTAINI= NG TO THE BODY AS WHOLE

 

COMBINING FORMS=

Combining for= ms

Meaning =

Terminology

abdomin/o

abdomen

abdominal

adip/o

fat

adipose

anter/o

front

anterior

bol/o

to cast

anabolism

cervic/o

neck

cervical

chondr/o

cartilage

chondroma

chrom/o

color

chromosomes

coccyg/o

coccyx

coccygeal

crani/o

skull

craniotomy

cyt/o

cell

cytoplasm

dist/o

far, distant

distal

dors/o

back potion of the body

dorsal

hist/o

tissue

histology

ili/o

ilium

iliac

inguin/o

groin

inguinal

kary/o

nucleus

karyotype

later/o

side

lateral

lumb/o

lower back

lumbosacral

medi/o

middle

medial

nucle/o

nucleus

nucleic

pelv/o

hip, pelvic cavity

pelvic

poster/o

back, behind

posterior

proxim/o

near

proximal

sacr/o

sacrum

sacral

sarc/o

flesh

sarcoma

spin/o

spine, backbone

spinal

thel/o

nipple

epithelial cell

throac/o

chest

thoracic, thoracotomy

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

tracheal

umbilic/o

navel, umbilicus

umbilical

ventr/o

belly side of the body

ventral

vertebr/o

vertebrae, back bones

vertebral

viscer/o

internal organs

visceral

 

 

PREFIXES

Prefix

Meaning<= /o:p>

Terminology

ana-

up

anabolic

cata-

down

catabolism

epi-

above

epigastric

hypo-

below

hypochondriac regions

inter-

between

intervertebral

meta-

change

metabolism

 

SUFFIXES

Suffix

Meaning<= /o:p>

Terminology

-eal

pertaining to

tracheal

-iac

pertaining to

cardiac

-ior

pertaining to

posterior

-ism

process

anabolism

-ose

pertaining to, full of

adipose

-plasm=

formation

cytoplasm

-somes=

bodies

chromosomes

-type

picture, classification

karyotype