Anatomical Prefixes and Their Meanings, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Download Anatomical Prefixes and Their Meanings and more Quizzes Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 abdomin/o DEFINITION 1 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 TERM 6 cephal/o DEFINITION 6 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 TERM 21 ili/o DEFINITION 21 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 TERM 26 lumb/o DEFINITION 26 loin, lower back TERM 27 medi/o DEFINITION 27 middle TERM 28 path/o DEFINITION 28 disease TERM 29 pelv/o DEFINITION 29 pelvis, washbasin TERM 30 physi/o DEFINITION 30 nature TERM 31 poster/o; posteri/o DEFINITION 31 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 TERM 46 AP DEFINITION 46 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 TERM 51 MRI DEFINITION 51 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 TERM 56 -ion DEFINITION 56 act or process TERM 57 -ior DEFINITION 57 pertaining to TERM 58 -logist DEFINITION 58 one who studies TERM 59 -stasis DEFINITION 59 standing still TERM 60 -y DEFINITION 60 process of