Intro to A&P and General Terms

Vocabulary flashcards covering common anatomical prefixes, roots, and suffixes with concise definitions.

a-

not, without

-ation

condition, process

-cyte

cell

-dynia,

pain (d)

-algia

pain (a)

-algesia (si)

pain (si)

hydro-

water

-itis

inflammation of

-ism

condition

macro-

large

meta-

beyond

micro-

small, tiny

-ology

the study of

-osis

abnormal condition

phys-

growth (from physis)

-scopy

viewing of

therm-

heat, temperature

-epithe

laid on, covering

hist-

tissue

derm-

skin

epi-

upon

hypo-

below

kerat-

hard

melan-

dark

papill-

nipple

pil-

hair

seb-

oil

sudor-

sweat

ungu-

nail

adipo-

fat

chondro-

cartilage

endo-

within, inner

erythro-

red

exo-

outer, outside

leuk-

white

osteo-

bone

-blast

immature cell, germ cell

crani-

skull

clast-

breaking down

cephal-

head

epi-

upon

femor-

femur

inter-

between

peri-

surrounding, around

-physis

growth

trabecul-

little neck

dys-

bad, ill

glycol-

sugar

-lysis

splitting apart

my-/myos-

muscle

sarco-

flesh

-troph / -trophy

growth

neuro-

nerve

polar-

end

dendr-

treelike

auto-

self

gli-

glue

astro-

star

oligo-

few

menigo-

membrane

cerebro / enceph

brain

thrombo

clotting

-penia

deficiency

anti-

against

thromb-

clot

-penia

deficiency

poiesis-

to make

pluri-

several

-potent

power

-stasis

standing still

sept-

partition

eosin-

rosy

granulo-

small grain

vascul-

vessel

ven-

vein

athero-

plaque