A Flashcards
acanth/o
spiny, thorny
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremities, extreme point
acromi/o
acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
actin/o
light
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
acumen
-acusis
hearing
adren/o
adrenal gland
adrenal/o
adrenal gland
aer/o
air
af-
toward
If after it go toward it
agglutin/o
clumping, sticking together
-agon
assemble, gather
-agra
excessive pain
alb/o
white
albin/o
white
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
all/o
other
ambly/o
dim, dull
-amine
nitrogen compound
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding embryo)
amyl/o
starch
ana-
backward, up, apart, again, anew
anaplastic is cells anewed
anis/o
unequal (an - not, to be is to be equal)
ankyl/o
stiff
ante-
before, forward (anterior pit gland is before and forward the posterior pit gland)
anthrac/o
coal
DNE acanth/o - spiny & thorny because in the “C”
anthr/o
antrum of stomach (Bottom where gastric juice meets food)
-apheresis
removal
aphth/o
ulcer
apo
off, away (aponeurosis is off, off and away)
aponeur/o
aponeurosis - type of tendon
DNE acromi/o - bc you put your arm around a “cromie”
-arche
beginning (menarche is the beginning of menses)
arthria
articulate - speak distinctly
-ase
enzyme
-asthenia
lack of strength
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
plaque - fatty substance
-ation
process, condition
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
auricul/o
ear
axill/o
armpit
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
