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a-
away from/ without
ab-
away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
ablat/o
destroy/ take away
-able
able to be
abort/o
stop prematurely
abras/o
scrape off
absorpt/o
absorb/ take in
-ac
pertaining to
access/o
contributing part/ supplemental part
accommod/o
adapt
acetabul/o
socket of the hip joint
acid/o
acid/ low pH
acous/o
hearing/ sound
acr/o
extremely/ highest point
actin/o
rays of sun
act/o
action
acu/o
needles/ sharpness
-acusis
abnormal condition of hearing
-ad
in the direction of/ toward
ad-
toward
-ade
action/ process
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
structure resembling a gland
adhes/o
stick to
adip/o
fat
adnex/o
accessory connecting parts
adolesc/o
beginning of being an adult
adren/o
adrenal gland
affect/o
have an influence on/ mood/ state of mind
affer/o
toward the center
ag/o
lead to
-age
collection/ group
agglutin/o
clumping/ sticking
aggreg/o
group crowded together
-al
pertaining to
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin
alg/o
pain
alges/o
sensation of pain
align/o
arranged in a straight line
ailment/o
food/ nourishment
-alis
pertaining to
alkal/o
base/ high pH
all/o
other/ strange
allerg/o
allergy
aller/o
other work/ strange activity
alopec/o
bald
alveol/o
air sac
ambly/o
dimness
ambulat/o
walking
amnes/o
memory loss
amni/o
amnion
-amnios
amniotic fluid
amput/o
cut off
amygdal/o
almond shape
amyl/o
carbohydrate/ starch
-an
pertaining to
an-
not/ without
ana-
apart/ excessive
anastom/o
create an opening between two structures
-ance
state
ancill/o
accessory/ servant
-ancy
state
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
aneurysm/ dilation
angi/o
blood vessel/ lymphatic vessel
angin/o
angina
anis/o
unequal
ankyl/o
fused together/ stiff
an/o
anus
-ant
pertaining to
antagon/o
opposing effect
ante-
before/ forward
anter/o
before/ front part
anthrac/o
coal
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
apher/o
withdrawal
apic/o
apex/ tip
apo-
away from
append/o
small structure hanging from a larger structure
appendic/o
appendix
appendicul/o
limb/ small attached part
aque/o
clear watery fluid
-ar
pertaining to
arachn/o
spider/ spider web
-arche
beginning
areol/o
small circular area
-aris
pertaining to
arter/o
artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
-art
pertaining to
asbest/o
asbestos
ascit/o
ascites
-ase
enzyme
aspir/o
breathe in/ suck in
asthen/o
lack of strength
asthm/o
asthma
astr/o
star-like structure
-ate
composed of/ pertaining to
-ated
composed of/ pertaining to a condition
atel/o
incomplete
athre/o
soft fatty substance
atheromat/o
fatty deposit/ fatty mass
athet/o
without position or purpose
-atic
pertaining to
-ating
pertaining to having
-ation
being/ having/ process
-ative
pertaining to
-ator
person/thing who does or produces
-atory
pertaining to
atri/o
atrium/ chamber that is open at the top
-ature
system composed of
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
sense of hearing
augment/o
increase in degree or size
aur/i
ear
auricul/o
ear
auscult/o
listening
aut/o
self
autonom/o
independent/ self governing
axi/o
axis
bacteri/o
bacterium
balan/o
glans penis
bar/o
weight
bas/o
alkaline/ base of a structure
bi-
two
bi/o
living organism/ living tissue
bifurcat/o
divide into two branches
bil/it
bile/ gall
bili/o
bile/ gall
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
-blast
immature cell
blast/o
embryonic/ immature
blephar/o
eyelid
-body
structure/ thing
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bronchi/o
bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bronch/o
bronchus
bucc/o
cheek
buccin/o
cheek
bulb/o
bulb like structure
bunion/o
bunion
burs/o
bursa