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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ability | competence |
| ablat | take away |
| abort | fail at onset, expel nonviable fetus |
| abras | scrape off |
| absorpt | to swallow, take in |
| acin | grape |
| acous | hearing |
| act | to do, perform, performance |
| activ | mvement |
| acu | needle |
| acumin | to sharpen |
| adapt | to adjust |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid | adenoid |
| adip | fat |
| adjust | alter |
| adjuv | give help |
| adolesc | beginning of adulthood |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air, gas |
| affer | move toward the center |
| agglutin | sticking together, clumping |
| agon | to fight |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| alanine | an amino acid, protein synthesized in muscle |
| albicans | white |
| albin/o | white |
| ald/o | organic compound |
| alges | sensation of pain |
| aliment | nourishment |
| alkal | base |
| all/o | strange, other |
| alveol | alveolous, air sac |
| ambulat | to walk, walking |
| amin/o | nitrogen containing |
| ammon | ammonia |
| amni/o | amnion, fetal memebrane |
| amnios | amnion |
| ampull | bottle shaped |
| amput | to prune, cut off |
| amyl | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| anabol | build up |
| analysis | process to study whole in terms of its parts |
| analyst | one who separates |
| anastom | provide a mouth |
| andr/o | male, masculine |
| aneurysm | dilation |
| angi/o | blood vessel, lymph vessel |
| angina | sore throat, chest pain radiating to throat |
| ankyl | stiff |
| anter | before, front part |
| anthrac | coal |
| aort | aorta |
| appendic | appendix |
| apse | clasp |
| aqu- | water |
| arachn | cobweb, spider |
| areol | areola, small area |
| aria | air |
| aroma | smell, sweet herb |
| array | place in order |
| arter | artery |
| arteri/p | artery |
| arteriosus | like an artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul | joint |
| asbest | asbestos |
| ascit | fluid in the belly |
| aspartate | an amino acid |
| aspergill | aspergillus |
| aspirat | to breathe on |
| assay | evaluate |
| assist | aid, help |
| asthm | asthma |
| astr/o | star |
| atel | incomplete |
| ather/o | porridge, gruel, fatty substance |
| athet | without position, uncontrolled |
| atri/o | entrance, atrium |
| attent | awareness |
| attenu | to weaken |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit | hearing |
| aur- | ear |
| auscult | listen to |
| avail | useful |
| axill | armpit, axilla |
| azot | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan | galns penis |
| bar | pressure |
| bari | weight |
| bas/o | base, opposite of acid |
| basal | base, support |
| be | life |
| bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | germ cell, immature cell |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| body | body, mass, substance |
| bov | cattle |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachii | of the arm |
| bride | rubbish, rubble |
| bronch/i | bronchus |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| brucell | pathologist david bruce |
| buccinat | cheek |
| bulb/o | bulb |
| burs | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcan | calcaneous |
| calcul | stone, little stone |
| callos | thickening |
| calor | heat |
| canal | duct or channel |
| cancer | cancer |
| candid | candida |
| capill | hairlike, capillary |
| capit | head |
| capn | carbond dioxide |
| caps | box, cover, shell |
| capsul | box |
| carb/o | carbon |
| carboxy | group of organic compounds |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| care | be responsible for |
| caretene | yellow red pigment |
| carotid | large neck artery |
| carp/o | bones of the wrist |
| cartilag | cartilage |
| catabol | break down |
| catechol | tyrosine- containing |
| catheter | insert, catheter |
| caud | tail |
| cav | hollow space |
| cava | cave |
| cavern | cave |
| cec | cecum |
| celi | abdomen |
| cellul | cell, small cell |
| centr/o | central |
| ceph | head |
| cephal/o | head |
| cephaly | condition of the head |
| ceps | head |
| cept | to recieve |
| cerebell | little brain, cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cerumin | cerumen |
| cervic | neck |
| cess | going forward |
| chancr | chancre |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chemic | chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor | green |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholangi | bile duct |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage, rib, granule |
| chorion | chorion, membrane |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat | color |
| chron/o | time |
| chym/o | juice |
| cide | to kill |
| cili | hairlike structure |
| circulat | circular route |
| cirrh | yellow |
| cis | to cut |
| claudic | cell |
| clav | clavicle |
| clave | lock |
| cavicul | clavicle |
| clitor | clitoris |
| clon | cutting used for propagation, tumult |
| coagul/o | clot, clump |
| coarct | press together, narrow |
| cobal | cobalt |
| cocc | round bacterium |
| coccus | berry, spherocal bacterium |
| code | information system |
| cohcle | cochlear |
| cognit | thinking |
| coit | sexual intercourse |
| col | colon |
| coll | collect, glue |
| coll/a | glue |
| colon/o | colon |
| coloniz | form a colony |
| colp/o | vagina |
| com | take care of |
| comat | coma |
| combin | combine |
| comminut | break into pieces |
| commodat | adjust |
| compat | tolerate |
| compet | strive together |
| complex | woven together |
| compli | fulfill |
| compress | press together |
| compuls | drive compel |
| concav | arched, hollow |
| concept | become preganant |
| concuss | shake or jar violently |
| condyle | knuckle |
| confus | bewildered |
| congest | accumulation of fluid |
| coni | dust |
| coniz | cone |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| connect | join together |
| conscious | awarness |
| constip | press together |
| constrict | to narrow |
| contagi/o | transmissible by contact |
| contaminat/o | to corrupt, make unclean |
| contin | hold together |
| contract | draw together, pull together |
| contus | bruise |
| convalesc | recover |
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