Medical Term (A) Flashcards
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
acoust/o
hearing, sound
acr/o
extremities; 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
agora-
marketplace
-agra
excessive pain
-al
pertaining to
alb/o
white
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
all/o
other
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac; small sac
ambi-
around, on both sides, about
ambly/o
dim; dull
-amine
nitrogen compound
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
amyl/o
starch
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; foward
anter/o
front
anthrac/o
coal
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
arachn/o
spider
-arche
beginning
arter/o
artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
asbest/o
asbestos
-ase
enzyme
aspir/o, aspirat/o
to breathe in
-assay
to examine, analyze
-asthenia
lack of strength
astr/o
star, star-shaped
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
plaque
-ation
process; condition
atri/o
atrium (upper heart chamber)
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o, aur/i
ear
auscult/o
to listen
aut/o
self; own
-a
noun ending
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
-acious
characterized by
acne/o
point of peak
acquir/o
get, obtain
acuit/o, acut/o
sharp, sharpness
acust/o, -acusia, -acusis
hearing, sense of hearing
adnex/o
bound to
aesthet/o
sensation, sense of perception
affect/o
exert influence on
aggress/o
attack, step foward