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Med. Term. Suhailah1
Medical Terminology Suffixes, Prefixes, Combining forms "A"
Question | Answer |
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a- | away from; without |
ab- | away from |
abdomin/o- | abdomen |
ablat/o- | take away; destroy |
-able | able to be |
abort/o- | stop prematurely |
abras/o- | scrape off |
absorpt/o- | absorb; take in |
-ac | pertaining to |
access/o- | supplemental or contributing part |
accomodo/o- | to adapt |
acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket) |
acid/o- | acid (low pH) |
acous/o- | hearing; sound |
acr/o- | extremity; highest point |
acromi/o- | acromion (projection of the scapula, or shoulder blade) |
actin/o- | rays of the sun |
act/o- | action |
acu/o- | needle; sharpness |
ad- | toward |
-ad | toward; in the direction of |
addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by |
-ade | action; process |
aden/o- | gland |
adenoid/o- | adenoids (pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal tonsils) |
adhes/o- | to stick to |
adip/o- | fat |
adjuv/o- | giving help or assistance |
adnex/o- | accessory connecting parts |
adolesc/o- | the beginning of being an adult |
adrenal/o- | adrenal gland |
adren/o- | adrenal gland |
affect/o- | state of mind; mood; to have an influence on |
affer/o- | bring toward the center |
agglutin/o- | clumping; sticking |
aggreg/o- | crowding together |
ag/o- | to lead to |
agon/o- | causing action |
agor/a- | open area or space |
-al | pertaining to |
albin/o- | white |
albumin/o- | albumin |
alges/o- | sensation of pain |
-algia | pain; painful condition |
alg/o- | pain |
align/o- | arranged in a straight line |
aliment/o- | food; nourishment |
-alis | pertaining to |
alkal/o- | base (high pH) |
allerg/o- | allergy |
all/o- | other; strange |
alopec/o- | bald |
alveol/o- | alveolus (air sac) |
ambly/o- | dimness |
ambulat/o- | walking |
amnes/o- | forgetfulness |
amni/o- | amnion (fetal membrane) |
-amnios | amniotic fluid |
amputat/o- | to cut off |
amput/o- | to cut off |
amygdal/o- | almond shape |
amyl/o- | carbohydrate; starch |
an- | without; not |
-an | pertaining to |
ana- | apart from; excessive |
anabol/o- | building up |
analy/o- | to separate |
anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures |
-ance | state of |
ancill/o- | servant; accessory |
-ancy | state of |
andr/o- | male |
aneurysm/o- | aneurysm (dilation) |
angin/o- | angina |
angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
anis/o- | unequal |
ankyl/o- | fused together; stiff |
an/o- | anus |
ant- | against |
-ant | pertaining to |
antagon/o- | oppose or work against |
ante- | forward; before |
anter/o- | before; front part |
anthrac/o- | coal |
anti- | against |
anxi/o- | fear; worry |
aort/o- | aorta |
apher/o- | withdrawal |
aphth/o- | ulcer |
apic/o- | apex (tip) |
apo- | away from |
appendic/o- | appendix |
appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part |
append/o- | small structure hanging from a larger structure; appendix |
appercept/o- | fully perceived |
aque/o- | watery substance |
-ar | pertaining to |
arachn/o- | spider; spider web |
-arche | a beginning |
areol/o- | small area around the nipple |
-arian | pertaining to a person |
-aris | pertaining to |
arteri/o- | artery |
arteriol/o- | arteriole |
arter/o- | artery |
arthr/o- | joint |
articul/o- | joint |
-ary | pertaining to |
asbest/o- | asbestos |
ascit/o- | ascites |
-ase | enzyme |
aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in |
asthen/o- | lack of strength |
asthm/o- | asthma |
astr/o- | starlike structure |
-ate | composed of; pertaining to |
-ated | pertaining to a condition; composed of |
atel/o- | incomplete |
ather/o- | soft, fatty substance |
atheromat/o- | fatty deposit or mass |
athet/o- | without position or place |
-atic | pertaining to |
-ation | a process; being or having |
-ative | pertaining to |
-ator | person or thing that produces or does |
-atory | pertaining to |
atri/o- | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
attenu/o- | weakened |
-ature | system composed of |
audi/o- | the sense of hearing |
audit/o- | the sense of hearing |
augment/o- | increase in size or degree |
aur/i- | ear |
auricul/o- | ear |
auscult/o- | listening |
aut/o- | self |
autonom/o- | independent; self-governing |
axill/o- | axilla (armpit) |
axi/o- | axis |