Medical Word Parts (A) Flashcards
1
Q
-a
A
noun ending
2
Q
a-
A
no, not, without
3
Q
ab-
A
away from
4
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
5
Q
-ablation
A
removal
6
Q
-abrasion
A
scraping of
7
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
8
Q
acid/o
A
acid
9
Q
acous/o
A
hearing
10
Q
acro-
A
heights, extremities
11
Q
acromi/o
A
acromion
12
Q
acu-
A
sharp
13
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
14
Q
-ad
A
toward
15
Q
ad-
A
toward
16
Q
aden/o
A
gland
17
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil)
18
Q
adip/o
A
fat
19
Q
adnex/o
A
accessory
20
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
21
Q
aer/o
A
air
22
Q
af-
A
toward
23
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping
24
Q
agora-
A
marketplace
25
-al
pertaining to
26
albin/o
white
27
albumin/o
protein
28
-algia
pain
29
aliment/o
nutrition
30
allo-
other, different
31
alveol/o
alveolus
32
ambly/o
dull, dim
33
ambul/o
walking
34
amni/o
amnion
35
-amnios
amnion, inner fetal sac
36
amphi-
both
37
amyl/o
starch
38
-an
pertaining to
39
an-
no, not, without
40
an/o
anus
41
ana-
up, apart, away
42
andr/o
male
43
angi/o
vessel
44
ankyl/o
stiffening
45
ante-
forward, in front of, before
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anter/o
front
47
anthrop/o
man
48
anti-
against
49
antr/o
antrum, cavity
50
aort/o
aorta (largest artery)
51
-apheresis
removal
52
aphth/o
ulceration
53
apic/o
pointed extremity, apex
54
apo-
separate, away from
55
append/o
vermiform appendix, that which is added
56
appendic/o
vermiform appendix, that which is added
57
-ar
pertaining to
58
-arche
beginning
59
arteri/o
artery
60
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
61
arthr/o
articulation (joint)
62
articul/o
articulation (joint)
63
-ary
pertaining to
64
-ase
enzyme
65
astr/o
star
66
ather/o
fatty plaque
67
-atic
pertaining to
68
-ation
process of
69
atri/o
atrium
70
audi/o
hearing
71
aur/o
ear
72
auricul/o
ear
73
auto-
self
74
axill/o
axilla (armpit)
75
az/o
nitrogen
76
azot/o
nitrogen
77
aniso-
unequal
78
-asthenia
weakness
