Medical Prefixes A
Terms
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- a-
- without of lack of
- ab-
- away (away from)
-
abdomin-
abdomino- - belly
-
abort-
abortio- - to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced)
-
abrupt-
abruptio- - to tear away from
- abcess
- a going away
-
acanth-
acantho- - thorny (skin growths)
-
access-
accesso- - supplemental
-
acetabul-
acetabulo- - vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur)
- acne
- pointed
-
acoust-
acousti- - hearing
- audi-
- hearing
-
acr-
acro- - extremities, height, and pointed
-
acrom-
acromi- - extremities, height, and pointed
-
actin-
actino- - run, ray, and radium
-
acu-
acus- - sharp
- ad-
- near or beside
-
aden-
adeno- - gland
-
adhes-
adhesio- - to stick (together)
-
adip-
adipo- - fat
-
aer-
aero- - air or gas
- af-
- toward
-
agglutin-
agglutino- - to clump
-
alb-
albo- - white
-
albumin-
albumino- - egg white
-
alges-
algesi- - pain (algesia, dynia, algia)
-
ailmento-
ailmentoo- - to nurish
-
alopec-
alopeci- - fox mange or baldness
-
alveol-
alveoli- - cavity
- ambi-
- both
-
ambul-
ambulo- - to walk
- amino-
- organic compound
-
amnesi-
amnesio- - forgetful
- amnio-
- lambs caul "small cap"
- amphi-
- both
- amylo-
- starch
- an-
- lack of or without
-
an-
ano- - ring
- ana-
- apart or up
- ancone-
- elbow
- andr/o-
- man or male
- anecto-
- without expansion or dialation
- angi/o-
- vessel
- angin/o-
- to choke
- anil/i-
- old woman
- anis/o-
- unequal
- ankyl/o-
- fuse or bind
- anomal/y-
- abnormal
- ante-
- before
- anter/o-
- before or foremost ( in front )
- anthr/o-
- coal or carbuncle
- anthrac/o-
- coal or carbuncle
- anthrop/o-
- human
- anti-
- against
- antr/o-
- cavity
- antr/um-
- cavity or cavern
- anuerysm-
- dialation or ballooning
- anxio-
- restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive
- apo-
- above or upon
- aponeur/o-
- upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon)
- append/o-
- appendage
- aqua-
- water
- hydro-
- water
- ar-
- without or lack of
- acrachn/o-
- spider
- arachino-
- spider
- archl/o-
- first
- arteri/o-
- artery
- articul/o-
- jointed
- asbest/o-
- unquenchable
- ascar/i-
- worm
- helminth-
- worm
- vermis-
- worm
- asco-
- bag
- aspergill/o-
- to sprinkle
- aster/o-
- star
- asthma-
- panting
- atelo-
- incomplete, witout end, imperfect (ending)
- athero-
- porridge or yellow fat
- atm/o-
- vapor or stream
- atri/o-
- chamber
- attrit/i-
- wearing out
- aur/i-
- ear
- auricul/o-
- ear
- auscult/o-
- to listen
- auto-
- self
- aut-
- self
- avuls/i-
- to tear
- axill/o-
- armpit or central
- axio-
- axle or axis
- axo-
- axle or axis
- azoto-
- urea nitrogen
- azygo-
- single