Med Term Chapter 6 Prefixes and Meanings

1 antero ………………1 body
2 postero ……………2 hernia
3 ventro ………………3 fingers or toes
4 dorso ……………… 4 peritoneum
5 medio ……………… 5 pelvis
6 latero ………………6 foot
7 supero ………………7 belly-side; front side
8 infero ………………8 extremities
9 proximo ……………9 closer to the point of attachment
10 disto ………………10 thorax, chest
11 caudo ………………11 further from the origin
12 cephalo …………12 above
13 tele ……………… 13 back
14 abdomino…………14 distant, far
15 acro ……………… 15 front
16 cephalo …………16 large abdomen organs
17 cranio ……………17 brain
18 dactylo …………18 below
19 encephalo………19 side
20 hernio ……………20 navel, opphal
21 omphalo …………21 cranium, skull
22 umbilico…………22 middle or rear
23 pelvi ………………23 body
24 peritono…………24 toward the head
25 podo ……………… 25 back
26 soma ……………… 26 unbilicus, navel
27 somato ……………27 abdomen
28 spino ………………28 spine
29 thoraco …………29 below
30 viscero …………30 head