Prefixes-6 Flashcards
Alb-
Denoting a white or pale colour (albino)
Aesthesio-
Sensation (anesthesia)
Aer(o)-
Air, gas (Aerosinusitis)
Adren(o)-
Of or relating to the adrenal glands
Adrenal artery
Adip(o)-
Of or relating to fatty tissue
Adipocyte
Aden(o)/(i)-
Of or relating to a gland
Adenocarcinoma, adenotyphus
Ad-
Increase, adherence, motion toward, very
Adduction
Acr(o)-
Extremity, topmost; pertaining to an extremity
Acrocrany, acromegaly, acroosteolysis
Acous(io)-
Of or relating to hearing
Acoumeter
Acanth(o)-
Thorn or spine
Acanthion, acanthoma
Abdomin(o)-
Of or relating to the abdomen
Ab-
Away (abduction)
A-
An-
Absence of, without
Apathy, analgia
Burs(o)-
Bursa (fluid sac between the bones)
Bursitis
Bucc(o)-
Of or pertaining to the cheek (buccolabial)
Bronch(i)-
Bronchus
Bronchiolitis obliterans
Brady-
Slow
Bradycardia
Brachy-
Indicating short or little
Bradycephalic
Brachi(o)-
Of or relating to the arm (Brachium of the inferior colliculus)
Blephar(o)-
Of or pertaining to the eyelid (blepharoplast)
Blast(o)-
Germ or bud (blastomere)
Bio-
Life (biology)
Bi-
Twice, double
Balano-
Of the glans penis or glans clitoris (balanitis)