Unit 2 Word Part Chart Study

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Anter/o

Front or anterior

Astr/o

A star shaped cell

Bol/o

“cast” or “throw”

Carcin/o

Cancer or malignant tumor

Caud/o

Toward lower body

Cephal/o

Head

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Crani/o

Skull or cranium

Cyt/o

Cell

Dist/o

Distal, distant, or far

Dors/o

back posterior body or back

Fibr/o

fiber or fibrous tissue

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hemat/o

Blood

Hist/o

Tissue

Infer/o

Below, lower, or downward

Is/o

Equal or same

Kary/o

the nucleus or cell

Later/o

side or lateral

Lumb/o

loin or lower back

medi/o

middle

path/o

disease, suffering, or condition

Pelv/i

pelvis, pelvic bones, or cavity

Physio/o

nature of physical/physiological function

Poster/o

Back or behind

Proxim/o

nearest or closer to point of attachment

spin/o

spine or backbone

super/o

above, upper, superior

thorac/o

chest or thorax

ton/o

tone, tension, or stretching

umbilic/o

navel or belly button

Ventr/o

belly or abdomen or front side of body

viscer/o

internal organs

a-

without or lack of

ana-

up, upward, back backward, again or apart

endo-

prefix within

epi-

upon, on, over, above

eu-

good, well, pleasant

exo-

outside, outer external

hyper-

over, excessive, above normal

hypo-

beneath, below, deficient

pro-

forward, forth, in favor of

trans-

through, across,

-al, are, -iac, -ic, -ior, -tic

Pertaining to or relating to

-blast

immature, embryonic, or developing cell

-cyte

cell

-gen

producer of or born from

-genesis

birth, origin, creation, formation

-ism

a condition, state, or abnormal process

-logy

study of

-osis

an abnormal condition, disease, state, or an increase in something

-plasia

formation, growth, development, or proliferation of cells and tissues

-tomy

a surgical incision or cutting into a body part or organ

Abdomin/o

abdomin or related to the abdominal area