Key Terms Medical Terminology

cbcula

Referring to the cheek 

• rostral

• buccal

• root word

• distal

dluaca

Pertaining to the tail end of the body or denoting a position more towards the tail or rear of the body than another reference point (body part) 

• prefix

• ventral

• combining form

• caudal

iocmgrifn ombn

A word or root word that might use the connecting vowel “o” when it is used as an element in a medical word formation. The combining form is the combination of the root word and combining vowel.

• cranial

• medial

• combining form

• compound word

bvcolwign moeni

A vowel, usually an “o,” used to connect a word or root word to the appropriate suffix or to another root word 

• combining vowel

• root word

• buccal

• combining word

pcdomnwd uroo

Two or more words or root words combined to make a new word 

• ventral

• compound word

• distal

• recumbent