HOSA Medical Terminology

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ial

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to, or a substance or chemical

-ior

pertaining to

-ory

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-nic

pertaining to

-ago

abnormal condition, disease

-esis

abnormal condition, disease

-ia

abnormal condition, disease

-iasis

abnormal condition, disease

-ion

condition, action, process, state

-ism

condition, state of

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-a

noun ending

-ae

plural noun ending

-e

noun ending

-i

plural noun ending

-um

singular noun ending

-us

singular noun ending, thing

-y

noun ending

a-

no, not, without, away from, negative

ab-

away from, negative, absent

abdomin/o

abdomen

-able

capable of, able to

abort/o

premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

abrad/o, abras/o

rub or scrape off

abrupt/o

broken away from

abs-

away from

abscess/o

collection of pus

-acious

characterized by

acous/o, acoust/o

hearing, sound

acr/o

extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point

actin/o

light

acu/o

sharp, 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

aer/o

air, gas

af-

toward, to

affect/o

exert influence on

agor/a

marketplace

-agra

excessive pain, seizure

-aise

comfort, ease

alb/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-

separation, away from, opposed, detached

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

aque/o

water

-arche

beginning

areat/o

occuring in patches or circumscribed areas

areol/o

little open space, space around the nipple

-aria

connected with

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint