Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms A to C Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
no,not,without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
4
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
5
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
6
Q
acous/o
A
hearing
7
Q
acoust/o
A
hearing
8
Q
acr/o
A
extremities,top,extreme point
9
Q
acu/o
A
sharp,severe,sudden
10
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
11
Q
ad-
A
toward
12
Q
aden/o
A
gland
13
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
14
Q
adip/o
A
fat
15
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
16
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
17
Q
aer/o
A
air
18
Q
af-
A
toward
19
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
20
Q
alb/o
A
white
21
Q
albin/o
A
white
22
Q
albumin/o
A
albumin (protein)
23
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
24
Q
-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
25
-algia
pain
26
all/o
other
27
alveol/o
alveolus,air sac, small sac
28
ambi-
around,on both sides,about
29
ambly/o
dim,dull
30
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
31
an-
no,not,without
32
-an
pertaining to
33
an/o
anus
34
ana-
up,apart,backward,again,anew
35
andr/o
male
36
aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widening of blood vessel)
37
angi/o
vessel (blood)
38
anis/o
unequal
39
ankyl/o
stiff
40
ante-
before,forward
41
anter/o
front
42
anti-
against
43
anxi/o
uneasy,anxious
44
aort/o
aorta (largest artery)
45
-apheresis
removal
46
aphth/o
ulcer
47
append/o
appendix
48
appendic/o
appendix
49
aque/o
water
50
-ar
pertaining to
51
arachn/o
spider
52
-arche
beginning
53
arter/o
artery
54
arteri/o
artery
55
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
56
arthr/o
joint
57
-arthria
articulate (speak distinctly)
58
articul/o
joint
59
-ary
pertaining to
60
-ase
enzyme
61
-assay
to examine,analyze
62
-asthenia
lack of strength
63
astr/o
star,star-shaped
64
atel/o
incomplete
65
-atresia
closure,occlusion
66
ather/o
plaque (fatty substance)
67
-ation
process,condition
68
atreto-
closed,lacking an opening
69
atri/o
atrium (upper heart chamber)
70
audi/o
hearing
71
audit/o
hearing
72
aur/o
ear
73
auricul/o
ear
74
auscult/o
to listen
75
aut-
self,own
76
aut/o
self,own
77
auto-
self,own
78
axill/o
armpit
79
azot/o
urea,nitrogen
80
bacill/o
bacilli (bacteria)
81
bacteri/o
bacteria
82
balan/o
glans penis
83
bar/o
pressure,weight
84
bartholin/o
bartholin glands
85
bas/o
base,opposite of acid
86
bi-
two,double
87
bi/o
life
88
bil/o
bile,gall
89
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
90
-blast
embryonic,immature cell
91
-blastoma
immature tumor (cells)
92
blephar/o
eyelid
93
bol/o
cast,throw
94
brachi/o
arm
95
brachy-
short
96
brady-
slow
97
bronch/o
bronchial tube
98
bronchi/o
bronchial tube
99
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
100
bucc/o
cheek
101
bunion/o
bunion
102
burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
103
cac/o
bad
104
calc/o
calcium
105
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
106
calci/o
calcium
107
cali/o
calyx
108
calic/o
calyx
109
calor/i
heat
110
capillar/o
capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
111
capn/o
carbon dioxide
112
-capnia
carbon dioxide
113
caps/o
capsule,container
114
capsul/o
capsule,container
115
carcin/o
cancerous,cancer
116
cardi/o
heart
117
cari/o
caries,rottenness
118
carp/o
wrist bones (carpals)
119
cata-
down
120
cathar/o
cleansing,purging
121
cathart/o
cleansing,purging
122
caud/o
tail,lower part of body
123
caus/o
burn,burning
124
cauter/o
heat,burn
125
cav/o
hollow,cavity
126
cavit/o
hollow,cavity
127
cec/o
cecum (first part of colon)
128
-cele
hernia
129
celi/o
belly,abdomen
130
-centesis
surgical removal of fluid
131
centr/o
center
132
cephal/o
head
133
-ceptor
receiver
134
cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
135
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
136
cerumin/o
cerumen
137
cervic/o
neck,cervix (neck of uterus)
138
-chalasia
relaxation
139
-chalasis
relaxation
140
cheil/o
lip
141
chem/o
drug,chemical
142
-chezia
defecation,elimination of wastes
143
chir/o
hand
144
chlor/o
green
145
chol/e
bile,gall
146
cholangi/o
bile,vessel
147
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
148
choledoch/o
common bile duct
149
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
150
chondr/o
cartilage
151
chori/o
chorion (outermost membrane if the fetus)
152
chorion/o
chorion
153
-choria
skin coloration
154
chrom/o
color
155
chromat/o
color
156
chron/o
time
157
-cidal
pertaining to killing
158
-cide
killing
159
cine/o
movement
160
circum-
around
161
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
162
cis/o
to cut
163
-clasis
to break
164
-clast
to break
165
claustr/o
enclosed space
166
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
167
clin/o
to slope,bend
168
coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
169
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
170
coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
171
cochle/o
cochlea (inner part of ear)
172
col/o
colon (large intestine)
173
cill/a
glue
174
colon/o
colon
175
colp/o
vagina
176
-coma
deep sleep
177
comat/o
deep sleep
178
con-
together,with
179
coni/o
dust
180
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva (lines of eyelids)
181
consci/o
awareness,aware
182
constrict/o
narrowing,binding
183
-constriction
narrowing
184
contra-
against,opposite
185
contus/o
to bruise
186
cor/o
pupil
187
core/o
pupil
188
corne/o
cornea
189
coron/o
heart
190
corpor/o
body
191
cortic/o
cortex,outer region
192
cost/o
rib
193
cox/o
hip
194
crani/o
skull
195
crin/o
secrete
196
-crine
to secrete,separate
197
-crit
to separate
198
cry/o
cold
199
crypt/o
hidden
200
culd/o
cul-de-sac
201
-cusis
hearing
202
cutane/o
skin
203
cyan/o
blue
204
cycl/o
ciliary body of eye,circle,cycle
205
-cyesis
pregnancy
206
cyst/o
urinary bladder,cyst,sac of fluid
207
cyt/o
cell
208
-cyte
cell
209
-cytosis
condition of cells,slight increase in numbers
