Medical Vocabulary - A

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

denotes an absence of; without, not; APATHY, ANALGIA

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away from; ABDUCTION

Question 3

abdomin(o)-

Answer 3

of or relating to the abdomen; fat around the belly; ABDOMEN

Question 4

-ac, -acal

Answer 4

pertaining to; CARDIAC, HYDROPHOBIAC, PHARMACOMANIACAL

Question 5

acanth(o)-

Answer 5

thorn or spine; ACANTHION, ACANTHOCYTE, ACANTHOMA, ACANTHULUS

Question 6

acous(io)-

Answer 6

of or relating to hearing; ACOUMETER, ACOUSTICIAN

Question 7

acr(o)-

Answer 7

extremity, topmost; highest or farthest point; ACRONANY, ACROMEGALY, ACROOSTEOLYSIS, ACROPOSTHIA

Question 8

-acusis

Answer 8

hearing; PARACUSIS

Question 9

-ad

Answer 9

toward, in the direction of; DORSAD

Question 10

ad-

Answer 10

increase, adherence, motion toward, very; ADDUCTION

Question 11

aden(o)-

aden(i)-

Answer 11

of or relating to a gland; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOLOGY; ADENOTOME; ADENOTYPHUS

Question 12

adip(o)-

Answer 12

of or relating to fat or fatty tissue; ADIPOCYTE

Question 13

adren(o)-

Answer 13

of or relating to adrenal glands; ADRENAL ARTERY

Question 14

-aemia

Answer 14

blood condition, without blood; ANAEMIA

Question 15

aer(o)-

Answer 15

air, gas; AEROSINUSITIS

Question 16

aesthesio-

Answer 16

sensation; ANESTHESIA

Question 17

-al

Answer 17

pertaining to; ABDOMINAL

Question 18

alb-

Answer 18

denoting a white or pale color; ALBINO

Question 19

alge(si)-

Answer 19

pain; ANALGESIC

Question 20

-algia

Answer 20

pain; MYALGIA

Question 21

alg(i)o-

Answer 21

pain; MYALGIA

Question 22

allo-

Answer 22

denoting something as different or as an addition; another, other; ALLOANTIGEN, ALLOPATHY

Question 23

ambi-

Answer 23

denoting something as positioned on both sides; describing both of 2; AMBIDEXTROUS

Question 24

amnio-

Answer 24

pertaining to the membranous fetal sac (amnion); AMNIOCENTESIS

Question 25

amph-

amphi-

Answer 25

on both sides; AMPHICRANIA, AMPHISMELA, AMPHOMYCIN

Question 26

an-

Answer 26

not, without; ANALGESIA

Question 27

ana-

Answer 27

back, again, up; ANAPLASIA

Question 28

an(o)

Answer 28

anus

Question 29

andr(o)-

Answer 29

pertaining to a man; ANDROLOGY, ANDROID

Question 30

angi(o)-

Answer 30

blood vessel; ANGIOGRAM

Question 31

aniso-

Answer 31

describing something as unequal; ANISOTROPIC, ANISOCYTOSIS

Question 32

ankyl(o)-

ancyl(o)-

Answer 32

denoting something as crooked or bent; ANKYLOSIS

Question 33

ante-

Answer 33

describing something as positioned in front of another thing; ANTEPARTUM

Question 34

anti-

Answer 34

decribing something as ‘against’ or ‘opposed to’ another; ANTIBODY, ANTIPSYCHOTIC

Question 35

apo-

Answer 35

separated from, derived from; APOPTOSIS

Question 36

arteri(o)-

Answer 36

of or pertaining to an artery, a wind-pipe; ARTERY, ARTERIOLE

Question 37

arthr(o)-

Answer 37

of or pertaining to the joints, limbs; ARTHRITIS

Question 38

articul(o)-

Answer 38

joint; ARTICULATION

Question 39

-ary

Answer 39

pertaining to; BILARY TRACT

Question 40

-ase

Answer 40

enzyme; LACTASE

Question 41

-asthenia

Answer 41

weakness; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Question 42

atel(o)

Answer 42

imperfect or incomplete development; ATELOCARDIA: IMPERFECT DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART

Question 43

-ation

Answer 43

process

Question 44

atri(o)-

Answer 44

an atrium; ATRIOVENTRICULAR

Question 45

aur(i)-

Answer 45

of or pertaining to the ear; AURAL

Question 46

aut(o)-

Answer 46

self; AUTOIMMUNE

Question 47

aux(o)-

Answer 47

increase, growth; AUXOCARDIA: ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART

Question 48

axill-

Answer 48

of or pertaining to the armpit; AXILLA

Question 49

azo(to)-

Answer 49

nitrogenous compound; AZOTHERMIA: RAISED TEMPERATURE DUE TO NITROGENOUS SUB. IN THE BLOOD