Med - Word Parts - A thru D | Answer |
a- | no, not, without, away from, negative |
-a | noun ending |
ab- | away from, negative, absent |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
-able | capable of, able to |
abort/o | premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus |
abrad/o, abras/o | rub or scrape off |
abrupt/o | broken away from |
abs- | away from |
abscess/o | collection of pus, going away |
absorpt/o | suck up, suck in |
-ac | pertaining to |
acanth/o | spiny, thorny |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
-acious | characterized by |
acous/o, acoust/o | hearing, sound |
acquir/o | get, obtain |
acr/o | extremities (hands+feet), top, extreme point |
acromi/o | acromion, point of shoulder blade |
actin/o | light |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
acuit/o, acut/o | sharp, sharpness |
acust/o, -acusia, -acusis | hearing, sense of hearing |
ad- | toward, to, in the direction of |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adhes/o | stick to, cling to |
adip/o | fat |
adnex/o | bound to |
adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
aer/o | air, gas |
aesthet/o | sensation, sense of perception |
af- | toward, to |
affect/o | exert influence on |
agglutin/o | clumping, stick together |
aggress/o | attack, step forward |
-ago | abnormal condition, disease |
agor/a | marketplace |
-agra | excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain |
-aise | comfort, ease |
-al | pertaining to |
alb/i, alb/o, albin/o | white |
albumin/o | albumin, protein |
alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o | relationship to pain |
-algesia, -algesic | painful, pain sense |
-algia | pain, painful condition |
align/o | bring into line or correct position |
aliment/o | to nourish |
all/o, all- | other, different from normal, reversal |
alopec/o | baldness, mangy |
alveol/o | alveolus, air sac, small sac |
ambi- | both sides, around or about, double |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
ambul/, ambulat/o | walk |
ametr/o | out of proportion |
-amine | nitrogen compound |
amni/o | amnion, fetal membrane |
amph- | around, on both sides, doubly |
amput/o, amputat/o | cut away, cut off a part of the body |
amyl/o | starch |
an- | no, not, without |
an-, ana- | up, apart, backward, excessive |
an/o | anus, ring |
-an | characteristic of, pertaining to |
-ancy | state of |
andr/o | relationship to the male |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
angin/o | angina, choking, strangling |
anis/o | unequal |
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
anomal/o | irregularity |
ante- | before, in front of |
anter/o | before, front |
anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
anti- | against |
anxi/o, anxiet/o | anxiety, anxious, uneasy |
aort/o | aorta |
ap- | toward, to |
ap-, apo- | separation, away from, opposed, detached |
-apheresis | removal |
aphth/o | ulcer |
apic/o | apex |
aplast/o | defective development, lack of development |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
apoplect/o | a stroke |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o | water |
-ar | pertaining to |
arachn/o | spider web, spider |
arc/o | bow, arc or arch |
-arche | beginning |
areat/o | occurring in patches or circumscribed areas |
areol/o | little open space |
-aria | connected with |
arrect/o | upright, lifted up, raised |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
-ary | pertaining to |
as- | toward, to |
asbest/o | asbestos |
-ase | enzyme |
aspir/o, aspirat/o | to breathe in |
asthen-, -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
asthmat/o | gasping, choking |
astr/o | star, star shaped |
at- | toward, to |
atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
atop/o | strange, out of place |
atres/i | without an opening |
atri/o | atrium |
attenuat/o | diluted, weakened |
aud-, audi/o, audit/o | ear, hearing, the sense of hearing |
auri/i, aur/o | ear, hearing |
auscult/a, auscult/o | listen |
aut/o | self |
-ax | noun ending |
ax/o | axis, main stem |
axill/o | armpit |
azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
bacill/o | rod-shaped bacterium (plural, bacteria) |
bacteri/o | bacteria (singular, bacterium) |
balan/o | glans penis |
bar/o | pressure, weight |
bartholin/o | Bartholin's gland |
bas/o | base, opposite of acid |
bi- | twice, double, two |
bi/o | life |
bifid/o | split, divided into two parts |
bifurcat/o | divide or fork into two branches |
bil/i | bile, gall |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
bin- | two by two |
-blast | embryonic, immature, formative element |
blephar/o | eyelid |
borborygm/o | rumbling sound |
brachi/o | arm |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
brev/i, brev/o | short |
bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole, bronchiolus |
brux/o | grind |
bucc/o | cheek |
burs/o | bursa, sac of fluid near joint |
byssin/o | cotton dust |
cadaver/o | dead body, corpse |
calc/i | calcium, lime, the heel |
calcane/o | calcaneus, heel bone |
calci-, calc/o | calcium |
calcul/o | stone, little stone |
cali/o, calic/o | cup, calyx |
call/i, callos/o | hard, hardened and thickened |
calor/i | heat |
canalicul/o | little canal or duct |
canth/o | corner of the eye |
capill/o | hair |
capit/o | head |
capn/o | carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance |
capsul/o | little box |
carb/o | carbon |
carbuncl/o | carbuncle |
carcin/o | cancerous |
cardi/o, card/o | heart |
cari/o | rottenness, decay |
carot/o | stupor, sleep |
carp/o | wrist bones |
cartilag/o | cartilage, gristle |
caruncul/o | bit of flesh |
cat-, cata-, cath- | down, lower, under, downward |
catabol/o | a breaking down |
cathart/o | cleansing, purging |
cathet/o | insert, send down |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
caus/o, caust/o | burning, burn |
cauter/o, caut/o | heat, burn |
cavi/i, cav/o | hollow, cave |
cavern/o | containing hollow spaces |
cec/o | cecum |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
celi/o, cel/o | abdomen, belly |
cement/o | cementum, a rough stone |
cent- | hundred |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cephal/o, -ceps | head |
cera- | wax |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
cerumin/o | cerumen, earwax |
cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
cheil/o | lip |
cheir/o | hand |
chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o | drug, chemical |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholangi/o | bile, duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
chondri/i, chondr/o | cartilage |
chord/o | spinal cord, cord |
chore/o | dance |
chori/o, chorion/o | chorion, membrane |
choroid/o | choroid layer of eye |
chrom/o, chromat/o | color |
chron/o | time |
chym/o | to pour, juice |
cib/o | meal |
cicatric/o | scar |
-cidal | pertaining to killing |
-cide | causing death |
cili/o | eyelashes, microscopic hairlike projections |
cine- | relationship to movement |
circ/i | ring or circle |