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abdomin/o
abdomen, abdominal cavity
TERM 2
anter/o; anteri/o
DEFINITION 2
front
TERM 3
brachi/o
DEFINITION 3
arm
TERM 4
card/o; cardi/o
DEFINITION 4
heart
TERM 5
caud/o
DEFINITION 5
tail
cephal/o
head
TERM 7
cervic/o
DEFINITION 7
cervix, neck
TERM 8
chondr/o; chondri/o
DEFINITION 8
gristle, cartilage
TERM 9
chron/o
DEFINITION 9
time
TERM 10
cran/o; crani/o
DEFINITION 10
skull, cranium
gen/o
formation, cause, produce
TERM 17
glut/o
DEFINITION 17
buttock
TERM 18
hom/o; home/o
DEFINITION 18
sameness, unchanging
TERM 19
iatr/o; iatri/o
DEFINITION 19
to heal
TERM 20
idi/o
DEFINITION 20
person, self
ili/o
flank, hip, groin
TERM 22
infect/o
DEFINITION 22
to enter, invade
TERM 23
infer/o; inferi/o
DEFINITION 23
below
TERM 24
inguin/o
DEFINITION 24
groin
TERM 25
later/o
DEFINITION 25
side
poster/o; posteri/o
back
TERM 32
proxim/o
DEFINITION 32
near
TERM 33
spin/o
DEFINITION 33
spine, thorn
TERM 34
super/o; superi/o
DEFINITION 34
above
TERM 35
thorac/o
DEFINITION 35
chest, thorax
tom/o
to cut
TERM 37
umbilic/o
DEFINITION 37
naval
TERM 38
ventr/o
DEFINITION 38
front, belly
TERM 39
-ac
DEFINITION 39
pertaining to
TERM 40
-ad
DEFINITION 40
toward
AP
anterorposterior
TERM 47
CAT scan; CT
scan
DEFINITION 47
computed axial tomography scan
TERM 48
inf
DEFINITION 48
inferior
TERM 49
lat
DEFINITION 49
lateral
TERM 50
med
DEFINITION 50
medial
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
TERM 52
PA
DEFINITION 52
posteroanterior
TERM 53
PET scan
DEFINITION 53
positron emission tomography scan
TERM 54
pos
DEFINITION 54
posterior
TERM 55
sup
DEFINITION 55
superior
ana-
up, toward, upart
TERM 62
bi-
DEFINITION 62
two
TERM 63
epi-
DEFINITION 63
upon, over, above, on top
TERM 64
hypo-
DEFINITION 64
under, below normal
TERM 65
uni-
DEFINITION 65
one