UTMB MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY NOTECARDS

UTMB MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY NOTECARDS
ab- - Answers-from, away from

abdomin/o - Answers-abdomen

abort/o - Answers-to miscarry

-ac - Answers-pertaining to

aer/o - Answers-air

af- - Answers-toward

agglutin/o - Answers-clumping, gluing

agora- - Answers-marketplace

-al - Answers-pertaining to

albin/o - Answers-white

albumin/o - Answers-albumin (protein)

-algesia - Answers-pain

-algia - Answers-pain

allo- - Answers-other, differing from the normal

alveol/o - Answers-alveolus; air sac

ambly/o - Answers-dull, dim

amni/o - Answers-amnion (amniotic sac)

an- - Answers-without, not

an/o - Answers-anus

ana- - Answers-against; up; back

andr/o - Answers-male

aneurysm/o - Answers-widened blood vessel

,angi/o - Answers-Vessel (usually blood or lymph)

aniso- - Answers-unequal, dissimilar

ankyl/o - Answers-stiffness; bent, crooked

ante- - Answers-before, in front of

anter/o - Answers-anterior, front

anthrac/o - Answers-coal, coal dust

anti- - Answers-against

aort/o - Answers-aorta

append/o - Answers-appendix

appendic/o - Answers-appendix

aque/o - Answers-water

-ar - Answers-pertaining to

-arche - Answers-beginning

arteri/o - Answers-artery

arteriol/o - Answers-arteriole

arter/o - Answers-artery

acid/o - Answers-acid

acous/o - Answers-hearing

acr/o - Answers-extremity

acromi/o - Answers-acomion (projection of scapula)

-acousis - Answers-hearing

-ad - Answers-toward

ad- - Answers-toward

,aden/o - Answers-gland

adenoid/o - Answers-adenoids

adip/o - Answers-fat

adren/o - Answers-adrenal glands

adrenal/o - Answers-adrenal glands

arthr/o - Answers-joint

-ary - Answers-pertaining to

asbest/o - Answers-asbestos

-asthenia - Answers-weakess, debility

astr/o - Answers-star

-ate - Answers-having the form of, possessing

atel/o - Answers-incomplete; imperfect

ather/o - Answers-fatty plaque

-ation - Answers-process (of)

atri/o - Answers-atrium

audi/o - Answers-hearing

audit/o - Answers-hearing

aur/o - Answers-ear

auricul/o - Answers-ear

auto- - Answers-self, own

ax/o - Answers-axis, axon

azot/o - Answers-nitrogenous compounds

bacteri/o - Answers-bacteria (bacterium)

, balan/o - Answers-glans penis

bas/o - Answers-base (alkaline, opposite of acid)

bi- - Answers-two

bil/i - Answers-bile, gall

bi/o - Answers-life

-blast - Answers-embryonic cell

blast/o - Answers-embryonic cell

blephar/o - Answers-eyelid

brachi/o - Answers-arm

brachy- - Answers-short

brady- - Answers-slow

bronch/o - Answers-bronchus (plural, bronchi)

bronchi/o - Answers-bronchus (bronchi)

bronchiol/o - Answers-bronchiole

bucc/o - Answers-cheek

calc/o - Answers-calcium

calcane/o - Answers-calcaneum (heel bone)

-capnia - Answers-carbon dioxide (CO2)

carcin/o - Answers-cancer

cardi/o - Answers-heart

-cardia - Answers-heart condition

carp/o - Answers-carpus (wrist bone)

cata- - Answers-down