Biology 2.3

a-, an- not; without

2. aden/o gland

3. adip/o fat

4. anter/o front or before

5. caud/o tail; lower part of the body

6. cephal/o head

7. cyt/o, -cyte cell

8. dem/i, dem/o people; population

9. dors/i, dors/o back of the body

10. en-, end-, endo- in; within; inside

11. epi- upon, over

12. eti/o cause of disease

13. ex-, exo- out of; outside; away from

14. gen/o producing; forming

15. histi/o, hist/o tissue

16. iatr/o specialish; field of medicine

17. idi/o peculiar to one individual or orgin; also unknown

18. macro- large; abnormal size or length; long

19. medi/o middle

20. mega- large; great

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21. micro-, micr/o small

22. mid- middle

23. nosocomi/o relating to hospital

24. -ology, -ologist the study of

25. pan- all; entire; every

26. path/o, -pathy disease; suffering; feeling; emotion

27. physi/o, physic/o nature or physical

28. plas/i, plas/o, -plasia development; growth; formation

29. poster/o back or toward the back

30. proxim/o near

31. retro- behind; backward; back of

32. -stasis, -static control

33. thorac/o chest; thorax

34. trans- across; through

35. ventr/o belly side of the body

36. -verse, -version to turn

37. abdominal cavity(ies)/abdomen/abd

contains the major organs of digestion

38. abdominopelvic cavity(ies) refers to the abdominal cavity & the pelvic

cavity as a single unit

39. adenectomy(ies) the surgical removal of a gland

40. adenocarcinoma(mata or s)

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a malignant tumor that originates in glandular

tissue

41. adenoma(mata or s) a benign tumor that arises in or resembles

glandular tissue

42. adenomalacia the abnormal softening of a gland

43. adenosclerosis(es) the abnormal hardening of a gland

44. adenosis(es) any disease or condition of a gland

45. anaplasia(s) a change in the structure of cells and in their

orientation to each other

46. anatomic position desribes the body standing in the standard

position

47. anatomy/A the study of the structures of the body

48. anomaly(ies) a deviation from what is regarded as normal

49. anterior(s) situated in the front; front or forward part of an

organ

50. aplasia the defective development or an organ or tissue

51. atresia desribes the congenital absense of anormal

body opening or the failure of a structure to

be tubular

52. atrophy(ies) weakness or wearing away of body tissues

and structures caused by pathology or by disuse over a long period of time

53. body planes imaginary vertical and hiorizontal lines usedto

divide the body into sections

54. bloodborne transmission

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the spread of a disease through contact with

infected blood

55. caudal toward the lower part of the body

56. cephalic toward the head

57. chromosome(s) the genetic structure located within the nucleus of each cell

58. communicable disease(s)/CD

any condition that is transmitted from one person to another either directly or by indirect

contact w contaminated objects

59. congenital disorder(s) an abnormal condition that exisits at the time

of birth

60. connective tissue support and connect organs and other body

tissues

61. cystic fibrosis/CF a genetic disorder that is present at birth and

affects both the resipiratory and digestive systems

62. cytology the study of the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and chemistry of the cell

63. cytoplasm the material within the cell membrane the is

NOT part of the nucleus

64. deoxyribonucleic acid/DNA DNA

65. developmental disorder(s) can result in an anomaly or malformation such

as the absensce of a limb or the presence of

an extra toe

66. distal situated farthest from the midlien or beginning

of a body structure

67. dorsal refers to the back of the organ or body

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