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CH 2 prefixes, suffixes and combining forms

  1. abdonim/o
    adbomen
  2. adip/o
    fat
  3. anter/o
    front
  4. bol/o
    to cast (throw)
  5. cervic/o
    neck (of the body or of the uterus)
  6. chondr/o
    cartilage (type of connective tissue)
  7. chrom/o
    color
  8. coccyg/o
    coccyx (tailbone)
  9. crani/o
    skull
  10. cyt/o
    cell
  11. dist/o
    far, distant
  12. dors/o
    back portion of the body
  13. hist/o
    tissue
  14. ili/o
    ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
  15. inguin/o
    groin
  16. kary/o
    nucleus
  17. later/o
    side
  18. lumb/o
    lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
  19. medi/o
    middle
  20. peliv/i
    pelvis, hip region
  21. poster/o
    back, behind
  22. proxim/o
    nearest
  23. sacr/o
    sacrum
  24. sarc/o
    flesh
  25. spin/o
    spine, backbone
  26. thel/o
    nipple
  27. thrac/o
    chest
  28. trache/o
    trachea, windpipe
  29. umbilic/o
    navel, umbilicus
  30. ventr/o
    belly side of the body
  31. vertebr/o
    vertebra(e), backbone(s)
  32. viscer/o
    internal organs
  33. ana-
    up
  34. cata-
    down
  35. inter
    between
  36. meta-
    change
  37. -eal
    pertaining to
  38. -iac
    pertaining to
  39. -ior
    pertaining to
  40. -ism
    process, condition
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cici_acuna
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CH 2 prefixes, suffixes and combining forms
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ch 2 for med term class
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