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Health Services: Affixes and Roots--A-O--Health Knowledge Bowl - (copy)
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A | B |
a-, an- | Without, no, lack of |
ab- | from, away |
-ac, -kc, | pertaining to |
ad- | to, toward, near |
aden(o)- | gland, glandular |
adren(o)- | adrenal gland |
alba- | white |
algia- | pain |
an(o, us)- | anus |
angio- | vessel |
ante- | before, in front of |
anti- | against |
append(i, o)- | appendix |
arter(io)- | artery |
arthr(o)- | joint |
-ase | enzyme |
-asis | condition of |
ather(o)- | fatty, lipid |
audi(o)- | sound, hearing |
aru- | ear |
auto- | self |
bi- | twice, double, both |
bio- | life |
-blast | germ/embryonic cell |
blephar(o)- | eyelid |
brady- | slow |
bronch(i,o)- | air tube in lungs |
bucc(a)- | cheek |
calc(u, ulus)- stone | stone |
carcin(o)- | cancer |
cardi(a, o)- | pertaining to heart |
-cele | swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia |
cent(i)- | one hundred |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cephal(o)- | head, pertaining to head |
cerebro- | brain |
cerv(ic)- | neck, neck of uterus |
chem(o)- | drug, chemical |
chol(e,o)- | bile, gallbladder |
chond(i, r, ri)- | cartilage |
chrom(o)- | color |
-cide | causing death |
circum- | around, about |
-cise | cut |
co(n)- | with, together |
col(in, o)- | colon |
colp(i, o)- | vagina |
contra- | against, counter |
cost(a, i, o)- | rib |
crain(o)- | pertaining to the skull |
-crine | secrete |
cut- | skin |
cyan(o)- | blue |
cyst(i, o)- | bladder, bag, sac |
cyt(e, o)- | cell |
dec(a, i)- | ten |
dent(i, o)- | tooth |
derm(a, at, o)- | pertaining to skin |
di(plo)- | double, twice |
dis(ti, to)- | separation, away from |
dors(i, o)- | to the back, back |
duoden(o)- | duodenum |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
electr(o)- | electrical |
-emia | blood |
encephal(o)- | brain |
endo- | within, innermost |
enter(i, o)- | intestine |
epi- | upon, over, upper |
erythro- | red |
-esis | condition of |
-esthesia | sensation, perception, feel |
eu- | well, easy, normal |
faci- | face |
-fascia | fibrous band |
fibr(a, i, o)- | fiber, connective tissue |
fore- | in front of |
gast(i, o)- | stomach |
-genesis | development, production, creation |
genito- | organs of reproduction |
geront(o)- | old age, elderly |
gingiv- | gums, gingival |
gloss(o) | tongue |
gluc(o)- | sweetness, sugar, glucose |
gly(co)- | sugar |
-gram | tracing, picture, record |
-graph | diagram, instrument for recording |
gyn(ec, o)- | woman, female |
hem(a,ato, o)- | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepat(o)- | liver |
herni- | rupture |
hetero- | other, unlike, different |
hist(o)- | tissue |
hom(eo, o)- | same, like |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased |
hypno- | sleep |
hypo- | decreased, deficient, low, under |
hyster(o)- | uterus |
-ia, -iasis | condition of, abnormal/pathological state |
idio- | idio- self-originating, peculiar to an individual |
ile(o, um)- | ileum |
infra- | beneath, below |
inter- | between, among |
intra- | within, into, inside |
-ism | condition |
iso- | equal, alike, same |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesis | motion |
lacrima- | tears |
lact(o)- | milk |
lapar(o)- | abdomen, abdominal wall |
laryng(o)- | larynx (voicebox) |
latero- | side |
leuko- | white |
lingu(a, o)- | tongue |
lip(o)- | fat, lipids |
lith(o)- | stone, calculus |
-logy | study of, science of |
lymph(o)- | lymph tissue |
-lys(is, o) | destruction, dissolving of |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad, abnormal, disordered |
malac(ia)- | softening of a tissue |
mamm(o)- | breast, mammary glands |
-mania | insanity, mental disorder |
mast(o)- | breast |
med(i)- | middle, midline |
-meter | measuring instrument |
micro- | small |
mono- | one, single |
-mortem | death |
muc(o, us)- | mucus |
multi- | many, much, large amount |
my(o)- | muscle |
myc(o)- | fungus |
myel(o)- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
miring(o)- | tympanic membrane |
nacr(o)- | sleep, numb, stupor |
nas(o)- | nose |
-natal | birth |
necr(o)- | death |
neo- | new |
neph(r, ro)- | kidney |
neur(o)- | nerve |
noct(i)- | night, at night |
non- | no, none |
ocul(o)- | eye |
odont(o)- | tooth |
olig(o)- | few, less than normal |
-ologist | person who does/studies |
-ology | study of, science of |
-oma | tumor |
onco- | mass, bulk, tumor |
oophor(o)- | ovary, female egg cell |
opthalm(o)- | eye |
-opia | vision |
-opsy | to view |
opt(ic)- | vision, eye |
or(o)- | mouth |
orch(ido)- | testicle, testes |
-orrhea | flow, discharge |
orth(o)- | normal, straight |
ost(e, eo)- | bone |
-oscopy | diagnostic examination |
-osis | condition, state, process |
ot(o)- | ear |
-otic | pertaining to a condition |
-otomy | cutting into |
-ous | full of, containing, pertaining to, condition |
ovi- , ovario- | egg, female sex gland, ovary |
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Applied Communication |
Jefferson College Area Technical School |
Hillsboro, MO |
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