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medical terminology A.B.C

  1. a or an
    with out , lack of
  2. ab
    from,  away
  3. able
    capable of
  4. ac , ic
    pertaining to
  5. acr (o)
    extremities (arms and legs)
  6. ad
    to, toward, near
  7. aden (o)
    gland , glandular
  8. adren (o)
    adrenal gland
  9. aer (o)
    air
  10. al
    like, similar, pertaining to
  11. alba
    white
  12. alges ( i , ia )
    pain
  13. algia
    pain
  14. ambi
    both, both sides
  15. an (o, us )
    anus
  16. angi (o)
    vessel
  17. ankyl
    crooked, looped, immovable, fixed
  18. ante (ro)
    before, in front of
  19. anti
    against
  20. append (i,o)
    appendix
  21. arter ( io )
    artery
  22. arthr ( o )
  23. ase
    enzyme
  24. asis
    condition of
  25. asthenia
    weakness, lack of strength
  26. ather ( o )
    fatty, lipid
  27. audi ( o )
    sound, hearing
  28. aur
    ear
  29. auto
    self
  30. bi (s)
    twice, double, both
  31. bio
    life
  32. blast
    germ / embryonic cell
  33. belphar ( o )
    eyelid
  34. branchi
    arm
  35. branchy
    short
  36. brady
    slow
  37. bronch( io )
    air tubes in lungs
  38. bucc ( a )
    cheek
  39. calc ( u, ulus )
    stone
  40. carcin ( o )
    cancer, malignancy
  41. cardi ( a, o )
    pertaining to heart
  42. carp ( o )
    wrist
  43. cele
    swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
  44. cent ( i )
    one hundred
  45. centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  46. cephal ( o )
    head , pertaining to head
  47. cerebro
    brain
  48. cerv ( ic )
    neck , neck of uterus
  49. cheil ( o )
    lip
  50. chem ( o )
    drug, chemical
  51. chir ( o )
    hand
  52. chlor ( o )
    green
  53. chol ( e, o )
    bile, gallbladder
  54. chond ( i, r, ri )
    cartilage
  55. chrom ( o )
    color
  56. cide
    causing death
  57. circum
    around, about
  58. cise
    cut
  59. clysis
    washing, irrigation
  60. co ( n )
    with, together
  61. coccus
    round
  62. coele
    chamber, enlarged space
  63. col ( in, o )
    colon, bowel, large intestine
  64. colp ( i , o )
    vagina
  65. contra
    against, counter
  66. cost ( a, i, o )
    rib
  67. crani ( o )
    pertaining to the skull
  68. crine
    secrete
  69. cryo
    cold
  70. crypy
    hidden
  71. cut
    skin
  72. cyan  ( o )
    blue
  73. cyst ( i, o )
    bladder, bag, sac
  74. cyt ( e, o )
    cell
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JuanFlores
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medical terminology A.B.C
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