Definitions
Prefixes
Directional
Words
Abbreviations
Combing
Form
100
Study of naming body structures.
What is anatomy
100
outside
What is ecto
100
Upward or toward head
What is cephalic
100
Axillary
What is Ax
100
Near or on back
What is Dors/o
200
Identifying a disease.
What is diagnosis
200
near
What is para
200
below
What is inferior
200
Lateral
What is LAT
200
Near or on belly side
What is ventro
300
Syphilitic tumor
What is syphiloma
300
inside
What is endo
300
Resembling crown or encircling
What is Coronal
300
Venereal Disease
What is VD
300
Toward front or in front of
What is anter/o
400
underarm, armpit
What is axillary
400
middle
What is meso
400
Near the point of orgin
What is Proximal
400
Prognosis
What is Px
400
Toward the side or away from the middle
What is later/o
500
Control blood flow
What is hemostasis
500
behind
What is retro
500
Toward the middle line.
What is Medial
500
Biopsy
What is Bx
500
Vertical anteroposterior direction or plane dividing the left and right
What is sagitt/o
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