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SGU Anatomy Prefixes I-Z

  1. im-
    not
  2. in-
    in, into
  3. infra-
    below
  4. inter-
    between
  5. intra-
    within
  6. ipsi-
    same
  7. -ism
    condition
  8. iso-
    equal
  9. -itis
    inflammation
  10. kerato
    horn
  11. labia
    lips
  12. lacrima
    tear
  13. lact-
    milk
  14. lacun-
    lake
  15. lamin-
    layer
  16. linea
    line
  17. lipo-
    fat
  18. -lith
    stone
  19. -logy
    study of
  20. lysis
    destroy
  21. macro-
    large
  22. malleus
    hammer
  23. mamma
    breast
  24. mast-
    breast
  25. mater-
    mother
  26. meatus
    passage
  27. mega-
    great
  28. mentum
    chin
  29. meso-
    middle
  30. meta-
    beyond
  31. morph-
    form
  32. mors
    death
  33. myelo-
    spinal cord
  34. myo-
    muscle
  35. natal
    pertaining to birth
  36. necro-
    death
  37. neo-
    new
  38. nephro-
    kidney
  39. neuro-
    nerve
  40. nigra-
    black
  41. occiput
    back of head
  42. oculo-
    eye
  43. odonto-
    tooth
  44. -oid
    resembling
  45. oligo-
    few
  46. -oma
    tumor
  47. omo
    shoulder
  48. ophthalm-
    eye
  49. orchio-
    testis
  50. ortho
    straight
  51. -ory
    referring to
  52. os
    opening
  53. os
    bone
  54. -osos
    disease
  55. osteo-
    bone
  56. oto
    ear
  57. -otomy
    to cut
  58. ous
    expessing material serous, mucous
  59. ova
    egg
  60. palma
    palm
  61. pan-
    all
  62. para-
    besides, next to
  63. paresis
    weakness
  64. parieto
    wall
  65. pathy
    disease
  66. pectoralis
    breast
  67. pedo
    foot
  68. -penia
    poverty
  69. peri-
    around, near
  70. perone
    fibula
  71. phalanx
    row of soldiers
  72. phleb
    vein
  73. phrenic
    related to diaphragm
  74. pia
    tender
  75. pilo
    hair
  76. pirum
    pear
  77. plantare
    to plant as in foot
  78. -plasia
    development
  79. -plegia
    paralyze
  80. pleura
    rib
  81. pne-
    breathe
  82. pneumo-
    air
  83. pollex
    thumb
  84. porta
    gate
  85. post
    after
  86. pre-
    before
  87. procto
    rectum
  88. pseudo-
    false
  89. pterygion
    wing
  90. pulmo-
    lung
  91. pyelo-
    related to the pelvis of the kidney
  92. pyon
    pus
  93. quad-
    four
  94. radius
    spoke
  95. ram
    branch
  96. re
    again
  97. rect
    straight
  98. ren
    kidney
  99. retinaculum
    cable
  100. retro-
    backward
  101. rhino
    nose
  102. rostrum
    beak, nose
  103. sagitta-
    arrow
  104. sarco
    flesh
  105. sclera
    hard
  106. scolio-
    bent
  107. sect
    to cut
  108. semi-
    half
  109. sept
    wall, septum
  110. serra
    a saw
  111. soma
    body
  112. sperm
    seed
  113. spheno-
    wedge
  114. splanchno-
    viscera
  115. squam
    scale
  116. stasis
    standing still
  117. steno
    narrow
  118. -stomy
    make opening
  119. strati
    layered
  120. stylos
    pillar, column
  121. sub-
    under
  122. super-, supra-
    over, above
  123. supinus
    lying on back facing upward
  124. sym-, syn-
    together
  125. systole
    contracting
  126. tachy-
    fast, swift
  127. ulna
    arm
  128. teno-
    tendon
  129. tentorium
    tent
  130. teres
    round
  131. -tomy
    cut
  132. trans-
    across
  133. trabecula
    little beam
  134. tri-
    three
  135. troch
    pulley
  136. tuber
    swelling
  137. tunic
    covering
  138. tympano
    drum
  139. unguis
    the nail
  140. uni-
    one
  141. uria, uro
    urine
  142. vagus
    wandering
  143. vaso-
    vessel
  144. vastus
    vast
  145. ven-, veno-
    vein
  146. venter
    belly
  147. xiphos
    sword
  148. zoo
    animal
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SGU Anatomy Prefixes I-Z
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These are the vocab for the midterm for Anatomy I. They go from I to Z.
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