Prefixes
Prefixes and Root Words
Root Words
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a-/an-

not, without

100

cryo-

cold

100

medio

middle

100

dorso

backside of the body, closest to the spine

100

antero

front

200

derm-

skin

200

lipo-

fat

200

scolio

crooked, bent

200

infero

below, beneath

200

anthro

joint

300

meta-

change, beyond

300

sym-/syn-

together, with

300

post

back, toward the back of the body

300

chondro

cartilage

300

cranio

skull

400

supra-

above

400

kinesio

movement

400

osteo

bone

400

myo

muscle

400

ortho

straight

500

per-

through

500

endo-

within

500

latero

side

500

poro

pore, small opening

500

costo

rib