WORD ROOTS
ANTER/O
BEFORE; FRONT
SURROUNDING AREA
PERI-
THE SCIENCE OR STUDY OF
-OLOGY
FINGERS AND TOES
PHALANGES
THE CROSS SECTION OF THE BODY THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS
TRANSVERSE PLANE
DISEASE OR SUFFERING
PATH/O
MANY, MULTIPLE
POLY-
-EMIC
PERTAINING TO BLOOD
MEDIAL
TOWARDS OR NEAR THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
DEFICIENT OR DECREASED
HYPO-
RIBS
COST/O
NO, NOT, WITHOUT
A-, AN-
-PNEA
BREATHING
SITUATED FURTHEST FROM THE MIDLINE OR POINT OF ORIGIN
DISTAL
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
THE DEVICE USED TO CHECK THE BLOOD PRESSURE
SPINAL CORD OR BONE MARROW
Myel/o
ENDO-
WITHIN; INSIDE
-ITIS
INFLAMMATION
CYAN-
BLUE
THIS SUFFIXES MEAN ABNORMAL HARDENING
-SCLEROSIS
SUPER/O
ABOVE; EXCESSIVE
TACHY-
FAST, RAPID
PAIN
DYS-
-DYNIA
-ALGIA
THE ACT OF LISTENING FOR BODY SOUNDS WITH A STETHOSCOPE
AUSCULTATION
-AC, -IC, -OUS, -ARY, -AL
PERTAINING TO