Week 1 Medical Terms

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

Not, without, less

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

from, away, off

Question 3

abs-

Answer 3

from, away, off

Question 4

Acantho-

Answer 4

thorn

Question 5

Acou-

Answer 5

Hearing

Question 6

Acro-

Answer 6

extremity

Question 7

ad-

Answer 7

increase, adherence, motion forward, very

Question 8

-ad

Answer 8

toward, in the direction of, -ward

Question 9

adeno-

Answer 9

gland

Question 10

adip-

Answer 10

fat

Question 11

adipo-

Answer 11

fat

Question 12

-agogue

Answer 12

agogue promoter, stimulator

Question 13

aidoio

Answer 13

genitals

Question 14

-al

Answer 14

pertaining to

Question 15

alb-

Answer 15

white

Question 16

albo-

Answer 16

white

Question 17

alge-

Answer 17

pain

Question 18

algesi-

Answer 18

pain

Question 19

algio-

Answer 19

pain

Question 20

algo-

Answer 20

pain

Question 21

allo-

Answer 21

other, different

Question 22

ambi-

Answer 22

around, both sides, all sides

Question 23

ambly-

Answer 23

dull

Question 24

amblyo-

Answer 24

dull

Question 25

amyl-

Answer 25

starch, polysaccharide

Question 26

amylo-

Answer 26

starch, polysaccharide

Question 27

an-

Answer 27

not, without, -less

Question 28

ana-

Answer 28

up, toward, apart

Question 29

andro-

Answer 29

male

Question 30

angi-

Answer 30

vessel

Question 31

angio-

Answer 31

vessel

Question 32

ankylo-

Answer 32

crooked

Question 33

ante-

Answer 33

before

Question 34

anthraco-

Answer 34

coal, carbon

Question 35

anti-

Answer 35

against, opposing, curative, anibody

Question 36

apo-

Answer 36

separated from, derived from

Question 37

aque-

Answer 37

water

Question 38

aqueo-

Answer 38

water

Question 39

-arche

Answer 39

beginning

Question 40

anterti-

Answer 40

artery

Question 41

anterio-

Answer 41

artery

Question 42

arthr-

Answer 42

joint, articulation

Question 43

arthro-

Answer 43

joint, articulation

Question 44

-ary

Answer 44

pertaining to

Question 45

-ase

Answer 45

an enzyme

Question 46

-ate

Answer 46

a salt or ester of an “ic” acid

Question 47

athero-

Answer 47

pasty, fatty

Question 48

atto-

Answer 48

one quintillionth

Question 49

audi-

Answer 49

hearing

Question 50

audio-

Answer 50

hearing

Question 51

aur-

Answer 51

ear

Question 52

auri-

Answer 52

ear

Question 53

auro-

Answer 53

ear

Question 54

right and left halves

Answer 54

Midsagittal (aka median)

Question 55

anterior (ventral) and
posterior (dorsal) aspects

Answer 55

coronal

Question 56

superior and inferior
aspects

Answer 56

Transverse (aka horizontal)