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A-Carbuno
100 Fun Flash Cards
| 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 |
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