Medical Terminology - Appendix A Flashcards
a-
without
ab-
from, away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
-ac
pertaining to
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremity
acromi/o
acromion (projection of scapula)
-acusis
hearing
-ad
toward
ad-
toward
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adip/o
fat
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal/o
adrenal glamds
aer/o
air
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
-al
pertaining to
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
allo-
other
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
ambly/o
dull, dim
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
an-
without
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel
angi/o
vessel
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
ante-
before, in front of
anter/o
anterior, front
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
aque/o
water
-ar
pertaining to
-arche
beginning
arter/o
artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arthr/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
-asthenia
weakness, debility
astr/o
star
-ate
having the form of, possessing
atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
-ation
process (of)
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
auto-
self, own
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
-ior
pertaining to
bacteri/o
Bacteria (singular, bacterium)
blan/o
glans penis
bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
bi-
two
bi/o
life
bil/i
bile, gall
-blast
embryonic cell
blast/o
embryonic cell
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bronch/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchi/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc/o
cheek
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
-capnia
carbon dioxide (CO2)
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
-cardia
heart condition
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
caud/o
tail
cauter/o
heat, burn
-cele
hernia, swelling
-centesis
surgical puncture
cephal/o
head
-ception
conceiving
-ception
conceiving
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
chemical; drug
chlor/o
green
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o
chorion
choroid/o
choroid
chrom/o
color
chromat/o
color
-cide
killing
circum-
around
cirrh/o
yellow
-cision
a cutting
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-clast
to break
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
-cleisis
closure
-clysis
irrigation, washing
coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
cochle/o
cochlea
col/o
colon
colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
condyl/o
condyle
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
-continence
to hold back
contra-
against, opposite
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corp/o
body
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium (skull)
crin/o
secrete
-crine
secrete
cruci/o
cross
cry/o
cold