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Medical Terminology

AB
a-  "no; not; without"
an-    "no; not; without"
ab-     away from
abdomin/o     abdomen
-ac     pertaining to
acanth/o      "spiny; thorny"
acar/o      mites
acetabul/o  acetabulum (hip socket)
acous/o      hearing
acoust/o      "hearing, sound"
acr/o       "extremities; top; extreme point"
acromi/o        acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
actin/o        light
acu/o     "sharp; severe; sudden"
-acusis      hearing
ad-      toward
-ad      toward
aden/o      gland
adenoid/o  adenoids
adip/o       fat
adren/o      adrenal gland
adrenal/o  adrenal gland
aer/o      air
af-      toward
agglutin/o  "clumping; sticking together"
-agogue     "producer, leader"
-agon      "to assemble; gather"
agora-      marketplace
-agra      excessive pain
-al      pertaining to
alb/o      white
albin/o      white
albumin/o  albumin (protein)
alges/o      sensitivity to pain
-algesia       sensitivity to pain
-algia      pain
all/o      other
alveol/o       "alveolus; air sac; small sac"
ambi-      "around, on both sides, about"
ambly/o      "dim; dull"
amphi-     "around, on both sides"
-amine      nitrogen compound
ammon/o       ammonium
amni/o     amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
amyl/o      starch
an/o     anus
-an      pertaining to
ana-   "up; apart; backward; again; anew"
andr/o      male
aneurysm/o  aneurysm (widening of blood vessel)
angi/o      vessel (blood)
anis/o      unequal
ankyl/o      stiff
ante-      "before; forward"
anter/o      front
anthrac/o  coal
anthr/o      antrum of the stomach
anti-      against
anxi/o      "uneasy; anxious"
aort/o      aorta (largest artery)
-apheresis   removal
aphth/o       ulcer
apo-      "off; away"
aponeur/o  aponeurosis (type of tendon)
append/o      appendix
appendic/o  appendix
aque/o      water
-ar      pertaining to
arachn/o      spider
-arche      beginning
arsenic/o   arsenic
arter/o      artery
arteri/o      artery
arteriol/o  arteriole (small artery)
arthr/o     joint
-arthria      articulate (speak distinctly)
articul/o  joint
-artresia  "closure, occlusion"
atreto-      "closed, lacking an opening"
-ary      pertaining to
asbest/o      asbestos
-ase      enzyme
aspir/o     removal
-assay     "to examine, analyze"
-asthenia  lack of strength
astr/o      "star, star-shaped"
aque/o     water
atel/o      incomplete
ather/o     plaque (fatty substance)
-ation     "process; condition"
atri/o     atrium (upper heart chamber)
atmo-      "steam, vapor"
audi/o    hearing
audit/o      hearing
aur/o      ear
auricul/o  ear
auscult/o  to listen
aut/o      "self; own"
aut-      "self; own"
auto-      "self; own"
aux/o      "growth, acceleration"
axill/o      armpit
axi/o      axis
azot/o      "urea; nitrogen"
bacill/o  bacilli (bacteria)
bacteri/o  bacteria
balan/o  glans penis 
bar/o  "pressure; weight" 
bartholin/o  Bartholin glands 
bary-  "weight, pressure" 
-basia  walking 
bas/o  "base; opposite of acid" 
batho-, bathy-  "deep, depth"
bi-  two
bi/o  life
bil/i  "bile; gall" 
bilirubin/o  bilirubin
-blast  "embryonic; immature cell" 
-blastoma  immature tumor (cells) 
blenn/o  mucus
blephar/o  eyelid
bol/o  "cast; throw" 
-boulia  will
brachi/o  arm
brachy-  short
brady-  slow
brom/o  "bromine-containing compound, odor" 
bronch/o  bronchial tube 
bronchi/o  bronchial tube 
bronchiol/o  bronchiole
bucc/o  cheek
bunion/o  bunion
burs/o  bursa (sac of fluid near joints) 
byssin/o  cotton dust 
cac/o  bad
calc/o  calcium
calcane/o  calcaneus (heel bone) 
calci/o  calcium
calcul/o, -calculia  to compute
cali/o  calyx
calic/o  calyx
calor/i  heat 
campt/o  bent 
capillar/o  capillary (tiniest blood vessel) 
capn/o  carbon dioxide 
-capnia  carbon dioxide 
caps/o, capsul/o  "capsule, container" 
carcin/o  "cancerous; cancer"
cari/o  "caries, rottenness"
cardi/o  heart
carp/o  wrist bones (carpals) 
cata-  down
-cataphasia  affirmation 
cathar/o, cathart/o  "cleansing, purging" 
-cathisia, -kathisia  sitting 
caud/o  "tail; lower part of body" 
caus/o  "burn; burning" 
cauter/o  "heat; burn" 
cav/o, cavit/o  "hollow, cavity"
cec/o  cecum (first part of colon) 
-cele  hernia
celi/o  "belly; abdomen"
-centesis  surgical puncture to remove fluid 
centr/o  center
cephal/o  head
cerebell/o  cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) 
cerebr/o  cerebrum (largest part of the brain) 
cerumin/o  cerumen
cervic/o  "neck; cervix (neck of uterus)" 
-chalasia  relaxation
-chalasis  relaxation
cheil/o  lip
chem/o  "drug; chemical" 
-chezia  "defacation; elimination of wastes" 
chir/o  hand
chlor/o  green
chlorhydr/o  hydrochloric acid 
chol/e  "bile; gall" 
cholangi/o  "bile; vessel" 
cholecyst/o  gallbladder
choledoch/o  common bile duct 
cholesterol/o  cholesterol
chondr/o  cartilage
chore/o  dance
chori/o  chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) 
chorion/o  chorion
choroid/o  choroid layer of eye 
-chroia  skin coloration
chrom/o  color
chron/o  time
chrys/o  gold 
chyl/o  chyle 
chym/o  to pour 
cib/o  meal
-cide  killing
-cidal  pertaining to killing 
cine/o  movement
circum-  around
cirrh/o  orange-yellow
cis/o  to cut 
-clasis  to break 
-clast  to break 
claustr/o  enclosed space 
clavicul/o  clavicle (collar bone) 
cleid/o  clavicle 
clin/o  "to slope, bend" 
-clysis  "irrigation; washing" 
coagul/o  coagulation (clotting) 
-coccus  berry-shaped bacterium 
coccyg/o  coccyx (tail bone) 
cochle/o  cochlea (inner part of ear) 
-coimesis  sleeping 
col/o  colon (large intestine) 
coll/a  glue
colon/o  colon (large intestine) 
colp/o  vagina
comat/o  deep sleep 
comi/o  to care for 
-coma  deep sleep 
con-  "together; with" 
coni/o  dust
conjunctiv/o  conjuctiva (lines of eyelids) 
consci/o  "awareness, aware"
constrict/o  "narrowing, binding"
-constriction  narrowing
contra-  "against; opposite" 
contus/o  to bruise
cor/o  pupil
core/o  pupil
corne/o  cornea
coron/o  crown or circle  (example:  Coron/ary arteries encircle
corpor/o  body
cortic/o  "cortex, outer region" 
cost/o  rib
cox/o  hip
crani/o  skull
cras/o  "mixture; temperament" 
crin/o  secrete
-crine  "to secrete; separate" 
-crit  to separate
critic/o  "crisis, dangerous"
cry/o  cold
crypt/o  hidden
cubit/o  "elbow, forearm"
culd/o  cul-de-sac
cupr/o  copper
-cusis  hearing
cutane/o  skin
cyan/o  blue
cycl/o  "ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle" 
-cyesis  pregnancy
cyst/o  "urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid" 
cyt/o  cell
-cyte  cell
-cytosis  "condition of cells; slight increase in numbers" 


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