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Term
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Meaning
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| a- |
no; not; without |
| an- |
no; not; without |
| ab- |
away from |
| abdomin/o |
abdomen |
| -ac |
pertaining to |
| acanth/o |
spiny; thorny |
| acetabul/o |
acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acous/o |
hearing |
| acr/o |
extremeties; top; extreme point |
| acromi/o |
acromion (extension of shoulder bone) |
| actin/o |
light |
| acu/o |
sharp; severe; sudden |
| -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; sticking together |
| -agon |
to assemble; gather |
| agora- |
marketplace |
| -agra |
excessive pain |
| -al |
pertaining to |
| alb/o |
white |
| albin/o |
white |
| albumin/o |
albumin (protein) |
| alges/o |
sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia |
sensitivity to pain |
| -algia |
pain |
| all/o |
other |
| alveol/o |
alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| ambly/o |
dim; dul |
| -amine |
nitrogen compound |
| amni/o |
amnion (ssac surrounding the embryo) |
| amyl/o |
startch |
| an/o |
anus |
| -an |
pertaining to |
| ana- |
up; apart; backward; again; anew |
| andr/o |
male |
| aneurysm/o |
aneurysm (widening of blood vessel) |
| angi/o |
vessel (blood) |
| anis/o |
unequal |
| ankyl/o |
stiff |
| ante- |
before; forward |
| anter/o |
front |
| anthrac/o |
coal |
| anthr/o |
antrum of the stomach |
| anti- |
against |
| anxi/o |
uneasy; anxious |
| aort/o |
aorta (largest artery) |
| -apheresis |
removal |
| aphth/o |
ulcer |
| apo- |
off; away |
| aponeur/o |
aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
| append/o |
appendix |
| appendic/o |
appendix |
| aque/o |
water |
| -ar |
pertaining to |
| -arche |
beginning |
| arter/o |
artery |
| arteri/o |
artery |
| arteriol/o |
arteriole (small artery) |
| arthr/o |
joint |
| -arthria |
articulate (speak distinctly) |
| articul/o |
joint |
| -ary |
pertaining to |
| asbest/o |
asbestos |
| -ase |
enzyme |
| -asthenia |
lack of strength |
| atel/o |
incomplete |
| ather/o |
plaque (fatty substance) |
| -ation |
process; condition |
| atri/o |
atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| audi/o |
hearing |
| audit/o |
hearing |
| aur/o |
ear |
| auricul/o |
ear |
| aut/o |
self; own |
| aut- |
self; own |
| auto- |
self; own |
| axill/o |
armpit |
| azot/o |
urea; nitrogen |
