Medical prefix

Laymen's terms

Medical prefix

Laymen's terms

a -, an -

without carpo - wrist
ab - away from caud - tail
ad - toward centi - hundredth (100th)
aden - gland cephalo - head
al - like,similar cerebro - brain
amyl - starch cervic - neck
angio - vessel (blood) chiro -. hand
ankyl - crooked, looped chole - bile
ante - before cholecyst gallbladder
anti - against chondro - cartilage
arterio - artery circum - around
arthro - joint col - colon
asthen - weakness, lack colp - vagina
aud-, aur - ear, hearirig contra - against
bar-. weight cort - covering
bi - both,two coxa - hip
brachio - arm costo - ribs
brady - slow cranio - skull
bronchi-, broncho - bronchial cubitus - elbow, forearm
buccal - cheek cut - skin
carcin - cancer cysto - bladder, sac
cardio - heart cyt-, cyte - cell

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