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A & P terms
List of medical roots, suffixes, prefixes
Question | Answer |
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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 |