Adip: fat Adipose: of or relating to animal fat
Bio: life biopsy: the removal and examination of tissue, cells or fluids from the living bod
They had to perform a biopsy on him to find out what was wrong with him.
capit: head decapitate: to cut off the head of
He had his head decapitated for committing treason
cephal: heart cardiology: the study of the heart and its action and diseases
He had to take cardiology in school for a class.
corp: body corpus: the human or anime body especially when dead
They had to bury the corpuses before they
crani: skull cranium: the skull
She fell on her head and broke her cranium
dent: tooth dental: relating to, specializing in, or used in dentistry
hist: tissue histology: a branch of anatomy that deals with the minute structure of animal and plant tissues as discernible with the microscope
The teacher had to rush to get all the microscopes in the classroom for his histology class
later: side lateral: of or relating to the side
ocul: eye oculist: eye doctor
I had to go to a oculist because I had a eye infection
oste: bone osteoblast: a bone-forming cell
The doctor said she her osteoblast were damaged
phag: eat phagocyte: a cell (as a white blood cell) that engulfs and consumes foreign material and debris
The phagocyte ate the bacteria that entered the body.
pleur: side pleura: either of a pair of two-walled sacs of serous membrane each of which lies one lateral half of the thorax.
quad: four quadriceps: a large extensor muscle of the front of the thigh divided able into four parts
After the 4 mile run we did yesterday my quadriceps were very sore.
stern: chest sternum: a compound ventral bone or cartilage that lies in the median central part of the body
If you do CPR wrong you could break the persons sternum.
ab: away from abduct: to draw away from a position near or parallel to the median axis of the body
The doctor abducted the arm so he could treat it properly.
ad: toward adrenal: of, relating to, or derived from the adrenal glands or their secretion
angi: vessel angiograph: the radiographic visualization of the blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque substance
auto: self autograft: a tissue or organ that is transplanted from one part to another of the same body
centi: hundred centimeter: a unit of length equal to 1/100 meter
circum: around circumflex: bending around
dextro: right dextral: of or relating to the right
epi: upon epigastric: lying upon or over the stomach
ex: out of excision: surgical removal or resection
inter: between international: between two or more nations
non: not nonviable: not capable of living, growing or developing succesful
ortho: straight orthopedic: of, relating to, or employed in orthopedics
path: disease pathology: the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them
pseudo: false pseudopod: a slender extension from the edge of a wheal at the site of injection of an allergen
sinistro: left sinister: of ill omen by reason of being on the left
cide: kill aborticide: the act of destroying a fetus within the uterus
itis: inflame hepatitis: inflammation of the liver
logy: study of histology: a branch of anatomy that deals with the minute structure of animal and plant tissues as discernible with the microscope
meter: measure pedometer: an instrument usually in watch form that records the distance a person covers on foot by responding to the body motion at each step
plasty: formed osteoplasty: plastic surgery on bone
scope: examine otoscope: an instrument fitted with lighting and magnifying lens systems and used to facilitate visual examination of the auditory canal and eardrum