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
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