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Medical Terminology
A's
Question | Answer |
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a- | without, not |
ab- | from, away from |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
abort/o | to miscarry |
-ac | pertaining to , relating to |
acous/o | hearing |
acr/o | extremity |
acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
-acusis | hearing |
-ad | toward |
ad- | toward |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
aer/o | air |
af- | toward |
agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
agora- | marketplace |
-al | pertaining to, relating to |
albin/o | white |
albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
-algesia | pain |
allo- | other, differing from the normal |
alveol/o | alveolus (plural, alveoli) |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
an- | without, not |
an/o | anus |
ana- | against; up; back |
andr/o | male |
anerurysm/o | a widening, a widened blood vessel |
angi/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
ante- | before, in front of |
anter/o | anterior, front |
anthrac/o | black, coal |
anti- | against |
aort/o | aorta |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | water |
-ar | pertaining to |
-arche | beginning |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
arthr/o | joint |
-ary | pertaining to, relating to |
asbest/o | asbestos |
-asthenia | weaking, debility |
astr/o | star |
-ate | having the form of, possessing |
atel/o | incomplete; imperfect |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
-ation | process of |
atri/o | atrium |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
auto- | self, own |
ax/o | axis, axon |
azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |