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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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