Medical Terminology Suffixes, Prefixes, Combining forms "A"
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| a- | away from; without
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| ab- | away from
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| abdomin/o- | abdomen
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| ablat/o- | take away; destroy
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| -able | able to be
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| abort/o- | stop prematurely
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| abras/o- | scrape off
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| absorpt/o- | absorb; take in
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| access/o- | supplemental or contributing part
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| accomodo/o- | to adapt
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| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| acid/o- | acid (low pH)
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| acous/o- | hearing; sound
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| acr/o- | extremity; highest point
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| acromi/o- | acromion (projection of the scapula, or shoulder blade)
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| actin/o- | rays of the sun
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| act/o- | action
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| acu/o- | needle; sharpness
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| ad- | toward
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| -ad | toward; in the direction of
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| addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by
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| -ade | action; process
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| aden/o- | gland
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| adenoid/o- | adenoids (pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal tonsils)
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| adhes/o- | to stick to
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| adip/o- | fat
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| adjuv/o- | giving help or assistance
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| adnex/o- | accessory connecting parts
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| adolesc/o- | the beginning of being an adult
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| adrenal/o- | adrenal gland
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| adren/o- | adrenal gland
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| affect/o- | state of mind; mood; to have an influence on
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| affer/o- | bring toward the center
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| agglutin/o- | clumping; sticking
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| aggreg/o- | crowding together
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| ag/o- | to lead to
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| agon/o- | causing action
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| agor/a- | open area or space
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| -al | pertaining to
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| albin/o- | white
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| albumin/o- | albumin
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| alges/o- | sensation of pain
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| -algia | pain; painful condition
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| alg/o- | pain
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| align/o- | arranged in a straight line
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| aliment/o- | food; nourishment
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| -alis | pertaining to
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| alkal/o- | base (high pH)
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| allerg/o- | allergy
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| all/o- | other; strange
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| alopec/o- | bald
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| alveol/o- | alveolus (air sac)
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| ambly/o- | dimness
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| ambulat/o- | walking
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| amnes/o- | forgetfulness
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| amni/o- | amnion (fetal membrane)
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| -amnios | amniotic fluid
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| amputat/o- | to cut off
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| amput/o- | to cut off
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| amygdal/o- | almond shape
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| amyl/o- | carbohydrate; starch
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| an- | without; not
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| -an | pertaining to
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| ana- | apart from; excessive
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| anabol/o- | building up
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| analy/o- | to separate
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| anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures
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| -ance | state of
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| ancill/o- | servant; accessory
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| -ancy | state of
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| andr/o- | male
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| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm (dilation)
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| angin/o- | angina
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| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| anis/o- | unequal
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| ankyl/o- | fused together; stiff
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| an/o- | anus
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| ant- | against
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| -ant | pertaining to
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| antagon/o- | oppose or work against
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| ante- | forward; before
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| anter/o- | before; front part
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| anthrac/o- | coal
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| anti- | against
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| anxi/o- | fear; worry
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| aort/o- | aorta
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| apher/o- | withdrawal
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| aphth/o- | ulcer
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| apic/o- | apex (tip)
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| apo- | away from
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| appendic/o- | appendix
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| appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part
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| append/o- | small structure hanging from a larger structure; appendix
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| appercept/o- | fully perceived
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| aque/o- | watery substance
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| arachn/o- | spider; spider web
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| -arche | a beginning
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| areol/o- | small area around the nipple
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| -arian | pertaining to a person
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| -aris | pertaining to
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| arteriol/o- | arteriole
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| arter/o- | artery
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| arthr/o- | joint
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| articul/o- | joint
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| asbest/o- | asbestos
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| ascit/o- | ascites
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| -ase | enzyme
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| aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in
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| asthen/o- | lack of strength
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| asthm/o- | asthma
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| astr/o- | starlike structure
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| -ate | composed of; pertaining to
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| -ated | pertaining to a condition; composed of
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| atel/o- | incomplete
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| ather/o- | soft, fatty substance
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| atheromat/o- | fatty deposit or mass
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| athet/o- | without position or place
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| -atic | pertaining to
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| -ation | a process; being or having
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| -ative | pertaining to
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| -ator | person or thing that produces or does
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| -atory | pertaining to
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| atri/o- | atrium (upper heart chamber)
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| attenu/o- | weakened
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| -ature | system composed of
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| audi/o- | the sense of hearing
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| audit/o- | the sense of hearing
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| augment/o- | increase in size or degree
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| aur/i- | ear
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| auricul/o- | ear
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| auscult/o- | listening
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| aut/o- | self
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| autonom/o- | independent; self-governing
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| axill/o- | axilla (armpit)
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| axi/o- | axis
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