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Abbreviations a-i
Medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, lack of |
| ab- | from, away |
| -ac, -ic | pertaining to |
| acr- (o) | extremities (arms and legs) |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| aden- (o) | gland, glandular |
| adren- (o) | adrenal gland |
| alba- | white |
| -algia | pain |
| ambi- | both, both sides |
| angi- (o) | vessel |
| anti- | against |
| ater- (io) | artery |
| arthr- (o) | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asis | condition of |
| audi- (o) | sound, hearing |
| auto- | self |
| bi- (s) | twice, double, both |
| bio- | life |
| brachi- | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch- (i,o) | air tubes in lungs |
| carcin- (o) | cancer, malignancy |
| cardi- (a,o) | pertaining to heart |
| carp- (o) | wrist |
| cerebro- | brain |
| cerv- (ic) | neck, neck of uterus |
| chond- (i, r, ri) | cartilage |
| -cise | cut |
| co- (n) | with, together |
| col- (in, o) | colon, bowel, large intestine |
| contra- | against, counter |
| crani- (o) | pertaining to the skull |
| -crine | secrete |
| cryo- | cold |
| cut- | skin |
| cyst- (i, o) | bladder, bag, sac |
| dacry- | tear duct, tear |
| dactyl- (o) | finger, toe |
| demi- | half |
| dent- (i, o) | tooth |
| derm- (a, at, o) | pertaining to skin |
| dia- | double, twice |
| duoden- (o) | duodenum |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| e- (c) | without |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -emia | blood |
| encephal- (o) | brain |
| endo- | within, intermost |
| enter- (i, o) | intestine |
| erythro- | red |
| ex- (o) | outside of, beyond |
| faci- | face |
| -fascia | fibrous band |
| fibr- (a, i, o) | fiber, connective tissue |
| fore- | in front of |
| galacto- | milk, galactose (milk sugar) |
| gast- (i, ro) | stomach |
| -genetic, -genic | origin, producing, causing |
| genito- | organs of reproduction |
| gluc- (o) | sweetness, sugar, glucose |
| gyn- (ec, o) | woman, female |
| hem- (a, ato, o) | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat- (o) | liver |
| herni- | rupture |
| hetero- | other, unlike, different |
| hist- (o) | tissue |
| homo- (eo, o) | same, like |
| hyrdo- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal |
| hypo- | decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal |
| hyster- (o) | uterus |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| intra- | within, into, inside |
| -ism | condition, theory, state of being |
| -itis | inflammation, inflammation of |
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