HOSA Medical Terminology Competition

-ac

pertaining to

-acious

characterized by

acous/o, acoust/o

hearing, sounds like

acr/o

extremities

actin/o

light

acu/o

shapre, severe, sudden

ad-

toward, to, in the direction of

aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

adhes/o

stick to, cling to

adip/o

fat

adnex/o

bound to

adren/o , adrenal/o adrenal glands

adrenal glands

aer/o

air, gas

af-

toward to

-ac

-al

-ar

-ary

-ial

-ical

-ic

-ine

-ior

-ory

-ous

-tic

pertaining to

-ago

-esis

-ia

-iasis

-ion

-ism

-nic

-osis

abnormal conditions

a-

-no

-not

-without

-away from

-negative

ab-

-away from

-negative

-absent

abdomin/o

abdomen

-able

capable of

abort/o

premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

abrad/o, abras/o

rub or scrape off

abrupt/o

broken away from

abs-

away from

affect/o

exert influence on

-ago

abnormal condition, disease

-agor/a

marketplace

-agra

excessive pain

-aise

comfort, ease

albo/o, albin/o

white

albumin/o

albumin, protein

alg/o, alges/o

pain, relationship to pain

-algia

pain, suffering, painful condition

align/o

bring into line or correct position

aliment/o

to nourish

all/o, all-

other, different from normal, reversal

alopec/o

bald

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac, small sac

ambi-

both sides, around or about, double

ambly/o

dull, dim

ambulat/o

walking

-amine

nitrogen compound

amni/o

amnion, fetal membrane

amput/o

cut away, cut off a part of the body

amyl/o

starch, carbohydrate

an-

not, without

ana-

up, apart, excessive

an/o

anus, ring

-an

characteristic of, pertaining to

-ancy

state of

andr/o

male, masculine

aneurysm/o

aneurysm

angi/o

blood or lymph vessel

anis/o

unequal

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

anomal/o

irregularity

ante-

before, in front of, forward

anter/o

before, front

anti-

against

anxi/o

anxiety, anxious, uneasy

aort/o

aorta

ap-

toward to

-apheresis

removal

aphth/o

ulcer

apic/o

apex, tip

ap-, apo-

seperation, away from, opposed, detached

append/o or appendic/o

appendix

aque/o

water

-ar

pertaining to

-arche

beginning

areat/o

occurring in patches or circumscribed areas

areol/o

little open space, space around

-aria

connected with

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

-ary

pertaining to

as-

toward to

-ase

enzyme

aspir/o, aspirat/o

to breathe in

-asthenia

weakness, lack of strength

asthm/o

asthma

astr/o

star, star-shaped

at-

toward to,

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

-ation

state or action

atri/o

atrium

attenu/o

diluted, weakened

audi/o, audit/o

ear, hearing, the sense of hearing

aur/i

ear, hearing

auscult/a, auscult/o

listen

aut/o

self

axill/o

armpit

bacteri/o

bacteria

balanc/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure, weight

bas/o

base, opposite of acid

bi

twice, double, two