Module 2 - The External Human Being

arm

cheek

tail

abdomen

head

neck; any neck within the body structure

lip; labium [pl. labia]

hand

leg; leg-like structure; thigh

digit; finger; toe

skin

jaw

groin

the side [of the body]

loin

chin

shoulder

navel; umbilicus

disease

foot

flesh

body

chest; thorax

• moving in a direction towards
• [when two roots are used, the first root denotes the origin and the second the direction, e.g. cephalocaudad means "moving in a direction from the head toward the tail.” The order of the roots must be preserved with this suffix.]

having; having the form of

• study (of a subject)
• [the termination -logy is more commonly used and should be used unless one is directed to use the suffix -ics]

a specialist (in a subject)

inflammation

resembling; like

• disorder (of an organ, structure, function, characteristic); [abnormal] condition characterised by/caused by (a substance)
• *[-osis is the most commonly used of these three suffixes; you must use -osis unless directed otherwise.]

containing

• NOUN (suffix)
• [condition; condition characterized by]

• ADJECTIVE (suffix)
• ["pertaining to"; "located in"]

• VERB (suffix)
• ["to (do something)"; to make, to become; to cause to be, to subject to, to engage in]

pain

protrusion (of an organ or other substance); protrusion filled with (a substance)

instrument used to excise

to excise; to cut out; to remove

excision; surgical removal

record

instrument used to record

act of recording

a specialist in the study (of a subject)

pertaining to the study (of a subject)

study (of a subject)

enlargement (of an organ or structure)

instrument used to measure

measurement (of an organ, structure, function, characteristic)

creation of a passage between (one organ) and (another organ); creation of a passage between two segments of (one organ)

pertaining to disease; diseased

disease

surgical repair

instrument used to make a visual observation

visual examination

instrument used to cut

a cutting into; an incision in