Medical Word Parts Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-
A
no, not, without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
4
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
5
Q
acanth/o
A
spiny, thorny
6
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum
7
Q
acous/o
A
hearing
8
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
9
Q
acromi/o
A
acromion
10
Q
actin/o
A
light
11
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
12
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
13
Q
ad-
A
toward
14
Q
-ad
A
toward
15
Q
aden/o
A
gland
16
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
17
Q
adip/o
A
fat
18
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
19
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
20
Q
aer/o
A
air
21
Q
af-
A
toward
22
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping, sticking together
23
Q
-agon
A
assemble, gather
24
Q
agora-
A
marketplace
25
-agra
excessive pain
26
-al
pertaining to
27
alb/o
white
28
albin/o
white
29
albumin/o
albumin
30
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
31
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
32
-algia
pain
33
all/o
other
34
alveol/o
alveolus, air sac, small sac
35
ambly/o
dim, dull
36
-amine
nitrogen compound
37
amni/o
amnion
38
amyl/o
starch
39
an/o
anus
40
-an
pertaining to
41
ana-
up, apart, backward, again, anew
42
andr/o
male
43
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
44
angi/o
blood vessel
45
anis/o
unequal
46
ankyl/o
stiff
47
ante-
before, forward
48
anter/o
front
49
anthrac/o
coal
50
anthr/o
antrum of the stomach
51
anti-
against
52
anxi/o
uneasy, anxious
53
aort/o
aorta
54
-apheresis
removal
55
aphth/o
ulcer
56
apo-
off, away
57
aponeur/o
aponeurosis
58
append/o
appendix
59
appendic/o
appendix
60
aque/o
water
61
-ar
pertaining to
62
-arche
beginning
63
arter/o
artery
64
arteri/o
artery
65
arteriol/o
arteriole
66
arthr/o
joint
67
-arthria
articulate
68
articul/o
joint
69
-ary
pertaining to
70
asbest/o
asbestos
71
-ase
enzyme
72
-asthenia
lack of strength
73
-atel/o
incomplete
74
ather/o
plaque
75
-ation
process, condition
76
atri/o
atrium
77
audi/o
hearing
78
audit/o
hearing
79
aur/o
ear
80
auricul/o
ear
81
aut/o
self, own
82
aut-, auto-
self, own
83
axill/o
axilla
84
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
85
bacill/o
bacilli
86
bacteri/o
bacteria
87
balan/o
glans penis
88
bar/o
pressure, weight
89
bartholin/o
Bartholin glands
90
bas/o
base, opposite of acid
91
bi-
two
92
bi/o
life
93
bil/i
bile, gall
94
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
95
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
96
-blastoma
immature tumor cells
97
blephar/o
eyelid
98
bol/o
cast, throw
99
brachi/o
arm
100
brachy-
short
101
brady-
slow
102
bronch/o
bronchial tube
103
bronchi/o
bronchial tube
104
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
105
bucc/o
cheek
106
bunion/o
bunion
107
burs/o
bursa
108
byssin/o
cotton dust
