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Anatomy word roots
prefixes suffixes and combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without: avascular |
| ab | from: abduct |
| acr | extremity; acromegly |
| ad | to, toward; adduct |
| adn,-adeno | gland: adenoid |
| adip | fat |
| aer | air |
| af | toward |
| al | pertaining to |
| alb | white |
| alb | white |
| algia | pain |
| allo | other |
| ana | up, back |
| andro | mal |
| aio | vessel |
| ante | before |
| anti, ant | against |
| apo | from |
| arachn | spider |
| arter | artery |
| artho | joint |
| asis, asia | state |
| astro | star |
| atel | imperfect |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| baro | pressure |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| blast | precursor |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| bronch | windpipe |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cele | tumor, hernia, or swelling |
| centesis | puncture |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| cerebro | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| choe | bile |
| chondrion | granule |
| chondro | cartilage |
| chrom -chromo | color |
| circum | around |
| clast | broken |
| coel, -coel | cavity |