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Full_Word Roots
Foreign Word Roots, Prefixes and suffixes Part 1 for A&P
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A- | without |
| ab- | from |
| acr- | extremity |
| algia- | pain |
| allo | other |
| andro | male.....like androgen |
| angio | vessel |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| apo | from |
| atel | imperfect |
| auto | self |
| blast | precursor |
| carcin | cancer |
| centesis | puncture |
| cervic | neck |
| chole | bile....cholecystitis |
| chondro | cartilage |
| -clast | broken |
| cost | rib...costal |
| cribr | sieve |
| cyan | blue |
| de- | from away....deactivation |
| dia | through....diameter |
| dis | apart....away from...disability |
| dys | painful |
| ectasis | expansion |
| ecto- | outside......ectoderm |
| ectomy | excision.....appendectomy |
| ef- | away from....efferent |
| end- and endo- | inside |
| entero | intestine |
| epi- | on...epimysium |
| erythro | red |
| ex- | out, away from |
| -form | shape |
| -gen | to produce |
| genio- | chin |
| glosso | tongue |
| glyco- | sugar |
| gyne or gyno | woman |
| hepato | liver |
| hetero | other |
| histo | tissue |
| holo | entire |
| homeo or homo | same....homeostasis |
| hydro | water |
| hyo- | U-shaped |
| hyper- | above....hyperpolorization |
| hyster- | uterus |