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A & P terms
List of medical roots, suffixes, prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A, an | Without |
| Ab | Away from |
| Acr(o) | Extremity, topmost |
| Aden(o) Aden (I) | Of or relating to gland |
| Anemia | Blood condition |
| Angi(o) | Blood vessel |
| Ankyl | Crooked |
| Ante | Before |
| Apo | Separated |
| -Asthenia | Weakness |
| Auxo | Growth |
| Balano | Of the glans of penis or clitoris |
| Blast | Germ |
| Blepharo | Eyelid |
| Brachy | Short, little |
| Brady | Slow |
| Chondro | Cartilage |
| Cis | On the side |
| Clast | Break |
| Cryo | Cold |
| Cyano | Blue |
| Dacryo | Tear |
| Di | Apart |
| Ec- | Out, away |
| Ecto | Outer |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| Endo- | Inside |
| Eosino- | Red |
| Erythro | Red |
| Eu- | True, good |
| Ex- | Out, away |
| Extra | Outside |
| Facio | Face |
| Glauco | Grey |
| Hidro | Sweat |
| -I- ASIs | Condition |
| Infra | Below |
| Inter | Between |
| Ipsi | Same |
| -ismus | Spasm |
| Isch- | Restriction |
| Kerato- | Cornea |
| Lacrimo | Tear |
| -lepsis | Seizure |
| Leuko | White |
| -lysis | Seperation |
| -malacia | Softening |
| Menigo- | Membrane |
| Mero- | Part |
| Meso- | Middle |
| Myo | Muscle |
| Myco | Fungus |
| Myelo | Bone marrow |
| Myxo | Mucus |
| Nacro | Numb |
| Nephro | Kidney |
| -Oma | Tumor |
| Pachy- | Thick |
| Para- | Abnormal |
| -paresis | Paralysis |
| Parvo- | Small |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -plasia | Development |
| Pleio- | Excessive |
| -plexy | Stroke or seizure |
| -poiesis | Production |
| Polio- | Grey |
| Porphyr | Purple |
| -ptosis | Downward |
| Pyo- | Pus |
| Pyro- | Fever |
| Rhdod | Red |
| -Rrhexis | Rupture |
| Sclero | Hardness |
| Scolio | Twisted |
| Scoto- | Darkness |
| Sinistro | Left side |
| Squamo | Scaly |
| -stasis | Stop |
| -staxis | Dripping |
| -stenosis | Abnormal narrowing in blood vessel |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| Sub- | Beneath |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Tetan- | Rigid tense |
| Thromb | Blood clotting |
| -tomy | Cutting |
| Tono- | Tension |
| Torti | Twisted |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -trophy | Nurishment |
| -ula | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| Vacro | Swollen or twisted vein |
| -version | Turning |
| Xantho | Yellow |
| Xeno- | Different |
| Xero | Dry |
| Zymo | Enzyme |
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