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LEXICONA&P
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not, without (atom, agranulocyte) |
| ab- | away (abducens, abduction) |
| acetabulo- | small cup (acetabulum) |
| acro- | tip, extremity, peak (acromion, acromegaly) |
| adeno- | gland (lymphadenitis) |
| aero- | air, oxygen |
| af- | toward |
| ag- | together |
| -al | pertaining to |
| ala- | wing |
| albi- | white |
| algi- | pain |
| aliment- | nourishment |
| allo- | other, different |
| amphi- | both, either |
| an- | without |
| ana- | 1. up, build up 2.apart 3.back |
| andro- | male |
| angi- | vessel |
| ante- | before, in front |
| antero- | forward |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | from, off, away, above |
| arbor- | tree |
| artic- | 1. joint 2. speech |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| ast-, astro- | star |
| -ata, -ate | 1. possessing 2. plural of -a |
| athero- | fat |
| atrio- | entryway |
| auri- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| axi | axis, straight line |
| baro- | pressure |
| bene- | good, well |
| bi- | two |
| bili- | bile |
| bio- | life, living |
| blasto- | precursor, bud, producer |
| brachi- | arm |
| bucco- | cheek |
| burso- | purse |
| calc- | calcium, stone |
| callo- | thick |
| calori- | heat |
| calv-, calvari- | bald, skull |
| -calyx | cup, vessel, chalice |
| capito- | head |
| capni- | smoke, carbon dioxide |
| carcino- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| carot- | 1. carrot 2. stupor |
| carpo- | wrist |
| case- | cheese |
| cata- | down, break down |
| cauda- | tail |
| -cel | little |
| celi- | belly, abdomen |
| centri- | center, middle |
| cephalo- | head |
| cervi- | neck, narrow part |
| chiasm- | cross, X |
| choano- | funnel |
| chole- | bile |
| chondro- | 1. grain 2. cartilage, gristle |
| chromo- | color |
| chrono- | time |
| cili- | eyelash |
| circ- | about, around |
| cis- | cut |
| cisterna | reservoir |
| clast- | break down, destroy |
| clavi- | hammer, club, key |
| -cle | little |
| cleido- | clavicle |
| cnemo- | lower leg |
| co- | together |
| collo- | 1. hill 2. glue |
| contra- | opposite |
| corni- | horn |
| corono- | crown |
| corpo- | body |
| corti- | bark, rind |
| costa- | rib |
| coxa- | hip |
| crani- | helmet |
| cribri- | sieve, strainer |
| crino- | sperate, secrete |
| crista- | crest |
| crito- | to seperate |
| cruci- | cross |
| -cule, -culus | small |
| cune- | wedge |
| cutane-, cuti- | skin |
| cysto- | bladder |
| cyto- | cell |
| de- | down |
| demi- | half |
| den-, denti- | tooth |
| dendro- | tree, branch |
| derma-, dermato- | skin |
| desmo- | band, bond, ligament |
| dia- | 1. across, through, seperate 2.day |
| dis- | 1. apart 2. opposite, absence |
| diure- | pass through, urinate |
| dorsi- | back |
| duc- | to carry |
| dys- | bad,abnormal, painful |
| e- | out |
| -eal | pertaining to |