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Terminology - A-B
Stedman's cards 1-50
Term | Definition |
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a-, an- | not, without, less |
ab-, abs- | from, away from, off |
abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal |
-ac | pertaining to, relating to |
acous/o | hearing |
ad- | increase, adherence, 2, toward |
albin-, albin/o | white |
-ad | toward |
aden-, aden/o | gland, glandular |
adip-, adip/o | fat, fatty |
adren-, adren/o | adrenal gland |
-agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain |
-al | pertaining to, relating to |
alge-, alges/i, algio-, algo- | pain |
-algia, -algesia | pain |
allo- | other, differing from normal |
alveol/o | 1. The alveolar process 2. Concave vessel or bowl |
ambi- | around, both, both sides |
ambly/o | dullness, dimness, blunt |
amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
amyl/o | starch |
ana- | up, toward, apart |
andr/o | masculine, male |
angi-, angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
anis/o | unequal, dissimilar, unlike |
ankyl/o | bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed |
ante- | before, in front of, forward |
anter/o | interior, front |
anti- | against, opposing |
anxi/o | uneasy, distressed, anxious |
aort/o | aorta |
-apheresis | taking away, withdrawal, removal |
apo- | separated from, derived from |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | water |
-ar | pertaining to, relating to |
arch-, arch/e, arch/i | 1. 1st, chief, extreme 2. Primitive, ancestral |
-arche | beginning |
arteri-, arteri/o | artery |
arthr-, arthr/o | a joint, and articulation |
articul/o | joint |
-ary | pertaining to, relating to |
-asthenia | weakness |
ather/o | soft, pasty |
atri/o | the atrium, atrial |
audi/o, audit/o | sense of hearing |
aur/i, auricul/o | ear |
auto- | self, same |
axill/o | armpit |
balan/o | glans penis |