| Question |
Answer |
| A- |
without or lack of |
| AB- |
away (away from) |
| -ABLE |
capable of or ability to |
| ABORT/IO- |
to miscarry (natural or induced); abortion |
| ABRUPTO/IO |
to tear away from; abruptus placentae |
| abscess |
a going away |
| acne |
pointed; acne shaped |
| acoust/i- |
hearing; acoustic guitar |
| acr/o- |
extermities, height, and pointed; acrophobia |
| actin/o- |
sun, ray, radium |
| acu- |
sharp; acuity |
| -ac |
refers to, pertains to, or state of |
| ad- |
near or beside |
| adeno- |
gland |
| adip/o- |
fat, adipoma tumor |
| aer/o |
air or gas; aerocele |
| af- |
toward; afferent |
| alb/o- |
white; albino |
| alges/i- |
pain; analgesic |
| -algia |
pain |
| alopec/i- |
fox mange or baldness |
| alveol/i- |
cavity; alveolus, related term is SIN/O |
| ambi- |
both; ambidextrous |
| ambul/o- |
to walk; ambulatory |
| amphi- |
both |
| amylo- |
starch; amylase |
| an- |
lack of or without; anorexia |
| an/o- |
ring, anal |
| ana- |
apart or up; anaphase |
| angi/o- |
vessel; angiogram |
| angin/o |
vessel; angina |
| ankyl/o- |
fuse or bind; ankylosing(- fused joints) |
| Ante- |
before, antenatal- before birth |
| anter/o- |
before or foremost; anterior- before or foremost |
| antrhax |
coal or carbuncle |
| anti- |
against, antiseptic- against infection |
| aneurysm- |
dilation or ballooning; aneurysmoplasty- inflating a ballon in the blood vessel |
| -apheresis |
to remove or separate (blood into parts); leukapheresis- when you remove or separate blood into parts |
| apo- |
above or upon; apoplexy- a upon the process of |
| aqua- |
water |
| arachino- |
spider |
| arche/o- |
first, archetype- first or original form |
| -aria |
air; malaria- bad air |
| arteri/o- |
artery; arteriogram- an artery recording |
| arthr/o- |
joint; arthroscopic- joint viewing or examining pertains to |
| articul/o- |
jointed- articulation- the jointed process of/ place of union between two bones |
| -ar |
refers to or pertains to |
| ascar/i- |
worm; ascariasis- when you have round worms |
| -ase |
enzyme; lipase- enzyme that breaks down fat |
| -asthenia |
weakness; myasthenia- muscle weakness |
| asthma- |
panting; asthmatic |
| atelo- |
incomplete, without end, imperfect ending; atelospirosis- condition without end |
| athero- |
porridge or yellow fat; atherosclerosis- hardening of the arteries with fat |
| -ation |
process of or procedure of; circulation- the process of moving in a circle |
| -atresia |
closure; venatresia- closing of a vein |
| atri/o- |
chamber; atrium- chambers of the heart |
| attriti/i- |
wearing out; attrition- process of wearing out |
| audi- |
hearing; audiology |
| aur/i- |
ear; auricle- little or small ear |
| auscult/o- |
to listen; auscultation |
| auto- |
self; autism- a self state |
| avuls/i- |
to tear; avulsion- to tear the ligaments |
| bacill/o- |
rod-like; bacillus- rod-like bacteria |
| bacteri/o- |
rod; bacteria- refers to rod (first bacteria viewed under a microscope) |
| balan/o- |
penis; balanitis- inflammation of the penis |
| baro- |
weight; barognosis- predicting weight |
| bas/o- |
basic or at base; basal- refers to at the base |
| bene- |
good or normal- benefit |
| benign- |
kind; benign- tumor in capsule |
| beri- |
weakness; beri- weakness because of a B1 deficiency dsisease |
| bi- |
two |
| bil/i- |
bile or gall |
| bin- |
two; binocular |
| bio- |
life; biology- the study of life |
| -blast |
beginning or young; osteoblast- young baby bone cells |
| bleb/o- |
blister- blebic- blister or buble |
| blenno- |
muscus; blenoma- mucus, tumor or swelling |
| blepharo- |
eyelid- blepharospasm- uncontrollable twitching of the eyelid |
| bol/o- |
lump or ball; bolus- choice bit of food to throw up |
| brach/i- |
arm; brachial- referring to the arm |
| brachy- |
short; brachydactlia- short fingers or toes |
| brady- |
slow; bradypnea- slow breathing |
| brevi- |
short; brevity- short state of |
| bronch/i- |
windpipe or trachea like; bronchial- tubes in your throat |
| brux- |
grinding; bruxism- grinding your teeth |
| bucca- |
cheek; buccal- pertaining to the cheek |
| bulba- |
blister or vesicle; bublus- fat and blister like shape |
| bulimo- |
hunger; bulimic- condition of the hunger control |
| burs/o- |
sac, wine sac, pouch; bursa- sac in the joints for padding |
| cal/o- |
heat, heated or hot; calor- spanish word for heat |
| calcin/o |
calcium; calcinosis- too much calcium in the body |
| calco- |
pebbles or granules of calcium mineral |
| calx- |
heel or lime; calxectomy- the removal of the foot bone |
| candid/i- |
glowing white; candidiasis- glowing white fungus |
| canth/o- |
corner of eye; canthoplasty- surgery on the corner of the eye |
| capill/o- |
hair-like; capillary- hair like vesicles (little blood vessels) |
| capito- |
head; capital- head of state |
| capn/o- |
carbon dioxide; capnograph- instrument to give CO2 |
| caput |
head; caput femoris- head of the thigh bone |
| carbun/o- |
glowing ember; carbuncle- glowing ember boils |
Biology Lab Midterm
