Stems - starts with A Flashcards

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angios

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: (blood) vessel (Cf. Latin vas-) angi- **angi**omatosis chol**angi**oma cine**angi**ography tel**ang**

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: before, front (Cf. Latin pro-) [Don't confuse with anti-(against, alternating)] **ante**clypeus **ante**jurementum **ante**pagments **ant**icus

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: flower anth- heli**anth**emum **anth**emis **anth**emion Cal**anth**e chalc**anth**ite achyr**anth**es

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: coal, carbon (Cf. konio-) anthrac- **anthrac**nose **anthra**silicosis **anthrac**ene **anthrac**olithic

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Language of Origin:Greek Definition: human (Cf. Latin homin-) anthropo- **anthropo**genesis **anthropo**chore **anthropo**id | (Cf. Greek andr- (man))

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: against, alternating [Don't confuse with ante (before, front)] **anti**bourgeois **anti**caries **anti**phony **anti**macassar

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: away (Cf. ab- (away)) **apo**phorometer **apo**ptosis **apo**dema **apo**theosis **apo**stasy **apo**gee **ap**hesis **apo**cope **apo**dictic

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: water **aqua**ehaustus **aqua**florium **aqua**manile **aqui**fuge **aque**duct **aqui**clude

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: primitive, original arch/arche/archi- **archi**zoic **arche** **arche**goniophore **arche**spore **arche**ology **arch**iater **archi**gaster **arche**biosis **archi**genesis **archi**phoneme **arch**eal **archi**plasm

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: goverment [-arch = ruler] -archy mon**archy** pant**archy** syn**archy** hecatont**archy**

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: silver (Cf. Latin argent-) argyr- hydr**argyr**um **argyr**odite an**argyr**os cer**argyr**ite mi**argyr**ite

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: joint arthr/arthro- ginglymo**arthro**dia condyl**arthro**sis **arthro**desis ## Footnote (Greek ginglym-)

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: star (Cf. Latin stell-, sider-) aster/astr- **aster**ism **astr**al **astr**olabical Hippe**astr**um ## Footnote Don't confuse with -aster (an inferior or defective one) this is a suffix, aster- is a prefix

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: silver **argent** **argent**iferous **argent**affin

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: an inferior or defective one critic**aster** philosoph**aster** theolog**aster** poet**aster**

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: having; office; verb chorist**ate** eburn**ate**d diacon**ate** terebinthin**ate** scyph**ate** clype**ate** ocre**ate**

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: action, process (Cf -ition) aquotiz**ation** asport**ation** ans**ation** apocop**ation**

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: to hear (Cf. acou/acoust-) aud- **aud**ient **aud**iphone **aud**ivision ocul**aud**itory sub**aud**itur

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: gold aur- **aur**ulent **aur**elia **aur**antiaceous **aur**eate **aur**eole **aur**ichloride | auric/aur comes from auris(ear); this aur comes from aurum(gold)

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: ear auric/aur- **auric**ular | this auric/aur comes from auris(ear); aur comes from aurum(gold)

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: self **auto**topagnosia **auto**shediastic **auto**telic **auto**chthon he**auto**phany

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Language of Origin: Greek Definition: to increase (Cf. Latin aug, cresc-) aux- **aux**imone an**aux**ite **aux**anogram **aux**ithal **aux**odrome

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Language of Origin: Latin Definition: to increase (Cf. Latin aux/cresc-) aug- **aug**ument