HIMT-1121 CSCC

a-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

abdomin/o

abdomen

-ac

pertaining to

acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

acous/o

hearing

acoust/o

hearing, sound

acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

-acusis

hearing

ad-

toward

aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

adip/o

fat

adren/o

adrenal gland

adrenal/o

adrenal gland

aer/o

air

af-

toward

-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

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)

an-

no, not, without

-an

pertaining to

an/o

anus

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

anti-

against

anxi/o

uneasy, anxious

aort/o

aorta (largest artery)

-apheresis

removal

aphth/o

ulcer

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

aque/o

water

-ar

pertaining to

arachn/o

spider

-arche

beginning

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole (small artery)

arthr/o

joint

arter/o

artery

-arthria

articulate (speak distinctly)

articul/o

joint

-ary

Pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-assay

to examine, analyze

-asthenia

lack of strength

astr/o

star, star-shaped

atel/o

incomplete

-atresia

closure, occlusion

ather/o

plaque (fatty substance)

-ation

process, condition

atreto-

closed, lacking an opening

atri/o

atrium (upper hear chamber)

audi/o

hearing

audit/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

auricul/o

ear

auscult/o

to listen

aut-

self, own

aut/o

self, own

auto-

self, own

axill/o

armpit

azot/o

urea, nitrogen

bacill/o

bacilli (bacteria)

bacteri/o

bacteria

balan/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure, weight

bartholin/o

bartholin glands

bas/o

base, opposite of acid

bi-

two, double

bi/o

life

bil/i

bile, gall

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

-blast

embryonic, immature cell

-blastoma

immature tumor (cells)

blephar/o

eyelid

bol/o

cast, throw

brachi/o

arm

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

bronch/o

bronchial tube

bronchi/o

bronchial tube

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

bucc/o

cheek