Word Elements A - O Flashcards
a-
without; not
ab-
from; away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
abort/o
to miscarry
-ac
Pertaining to
acid/o
acid
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremity
acromi/o
acromion (projection of the scapula)
-cusis
hearing
ad-
toward
ad
toward
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adip/o
fat
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
aer/o
air
af-
toward
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
agora-
marketplace
-al
pertaining to
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
-algesia
pain
algia
pain
allo-
other, differing from the normal
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
ambly/o
dull, dim
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
an-
without; not
an/o
anus
ana-
against; up; back
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel
angi/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso-
unequal; dissimilar
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked
ante-
before, in front of
anter/o
anterior, front
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
aque/o
water
-ar
pertaining to
arche
beginning
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arthr/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
asbest/o
asbestos
-asthemia
weakness, debility
astr/o
star
-ate
having the form of; possessing
atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
-ation
process (of)
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
auto-
self, own
ax/o
axis; axon
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
bacteri/o
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
balan/o
glans penis
bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
bi-
two
bi/o
life
bil/i
bile, gall
-blast
embryonic cell
blast/o
embryonic cell
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bronch/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchi/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc/o
cheek
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
capnia
carbon dioxide (CO2)
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
-cardia
heart condition
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
cata-
down
caud/o
tail
cauter/o
heat, burn
cec/o
cecum
-cele
hernia; swelling
-centesis
surgical puncture
cephal/o
head
ceps
head
-ception
conceiving
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
chalic/o
limestone
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
chemical; drug
chlor/o
green
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o
chorion
choroid/o
choroid
Note pigmented vascular layer of eyeball between retina and sclera
chrom/o
color
chromat/o
color
-cide
killing
cine-
movement
circum-
around
cirrh/o
yellow
-cision
a cutting
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
-cleisis
closure
clon/o
clonus (turmoil)
-clysis
irrigation, washing
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
cochle/o
cochlea
col/o
colon
colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
condyl/o
condyle
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
-continence
to hold back
contra-
against; opposite
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corp/o
body
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium (skull)
crin/o
secrete
-crine
secrete
cruci/o
cross
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
culd/o
cul-de-sac
-cusia
hearing
-cusis
hearing
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle
-cyosis
pregnancy
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
dacry/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
de-
cessation
dendr/o
tree
dent/o
teeth
derm/o
skin
-derma
skin
dermat/o
skin
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
di-
double
dia-
through; across
dipl-
double
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dipsia
thirst
dist/o
far, farthest
dors/o
back (of the body)
duct/o
to lead; carry
-duction
act of leading, bringing, conducting
duoden/o
duodenum (first part of the small intestine)
dur/o
dura mater; hard
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
eal
pertaining to
ec-
out; out from
echo-
a repeated sound
ectasis
dilation, expansion