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Terminology - A-B
Stedman's cards 1-50
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | not, without, less |
| ab-, abs- | from, away from, off |
| abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal |
| -ac | pertaining to, relating to |
| acous/o | hearing |
| ad- | increase, adherence, 2, toward |
| albin-, albin/o | white |
| -ad | toward |
| aden-, aden/o | gland, glandular |
| adip-, adip/o | fat, fatty |
| adren-, adren/o | adrenal gland |
| -agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain |
| -al | pertaining to, relating to |
| alge-, alges/i, algio-, algo- | pain |
| -algia, -algesia | pain |
| allo- | other, differing from normal |
| alveol/o | 1. The alveolar process 2. Concave vessel or bowl |
| ambi- | around, both, both sides |
| ambly/o | dullness, dimness, blunt |
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| amyl/o | starch |
| ana- | up, toward, apart |
| andr/o | masculine, male |
| angi-, angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar, unlike |
| ankyl/o | bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed |
| ante- | before, in front of, forward |
| anter/o | interior, front |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| anxi/o | uneasy, distressed, anxious |
| aort/o | aorta |
| -apheresis | taking away, withdrawal, removal |
| apo- | separated from, derived from |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to, relating to |
| arch-, arch/e, arch/i | 1. 1st, chief, extreme 2. Primitive, ancestral |
| -arche | beginning |
| arteri-, arteri/o | artery |
| arthr-, arthr/o | a joint, and articulation |
| articul/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to, relating to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| ather/o | soft, pasty |
| atri/o | the atrium, atrial |
| audi/o, audit/o | sense of hearing |
| aur/i, auricul/o | ear |
| auto- | self, same |
| axill/o | armpit |
| balan/o | glans penis |