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-a Answer: noun ending
a- Answer: no, not, without, lack of
ab- Answer: away from
abdomin/o Answer: abdomen
-abrasion Answer: scraping of
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -ant, -atic, -atory, -iac, ic, -id, -ine, -ior, -eal, -ent Answer: pertaining to
ac- Answer: toward
acetabul/o Answer: acetabulum (hip socket)
achill/o Answer: Achilles tendon
acid/o Answer: acid
acous/o Answer: hearing
acro- Answer: heights, extremities, extremes
acromi/o Answer: acromion process (projection of the scapula)
act/o, act/i Answer: rays
acu- Answer: sharp
-acusis Answer: hearing
-ad, ad-, af- Answer: toward
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,aden/o Answer: gland
adenoid/o Answer: adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil
adip/o, adipos/o Answer: fat
adnex/o Answer: accessory
adren/o, adrenal/o Answer: adrenal gland
aer/o Answer: air
agglutin/o Answer: clumping
Agora- Answer: marketplace
-algia Answer: pain
al/i, al/o Answer: wing
aliment/o Answer: nutrition
allo- Answer: other, different
alveol/o Answer: alveolus, small cavity
-alysis Answer: breaking down
ambly/o Answer: dull, dim
ambul/o Answer: walking
amel/o Answer: enamel
amni/o, amnion/o, -amnios Answer: amnion, inner fetal sac
amphi- Answer: both
amyl/o Answer: starch
an- Answer: no, not, without
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,an/o Answer: anus
ana- Answer: up, apart, away
andr/o Answer: male
angi/o Answer: vessel
ankyl/o Answer: stiffening
annul/o Answer: annulus, ring
ante- Answer: toward, in front of, before
anter/o Answer: front
anthrop/o Answer: man
anti Answer: against
antr/o Answer: antrum; cavity
aort/o Answer: aorta (largest artery)
-apheresis Answer: removal
aphth/o Answer: ulceration
apic/o Answer: pointed extremity, apex
apo- Answer: separation, away from
append/o, appendic/o Answer: vermiform appendix, that which is added
appendicul/o Answer: appendicular
-arche Answer: beginning
artei/o Answer: artery
arteriol/o Answer: arteriole (small artery)
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, arthr/o, articul/o Answer: articulation, joint
-ase Answer: enzyme
astr/o Answer: star
ather/o Answer: fat, plaque
-ation Answer: process of
atlant/o Answer: 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1)
atri/o Answer: atrium
Audi/o, aur/o Answer: hearing
auricul/o Answer: auricle (pinna)
auto Answer: self
axill/o Answer: axilla, underarm
axi Answer: axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2)
azg/o Answer: without a yoke
bacteri/o Answer: bacteria
balan/o Answer: glans penis
band/o Answer: bands
bartholin Answer: Bartholin's gland
bas/o Answer: base, bottom
bi-, bin Answer: two
bi/o Answer: life or living
bil/i Answer: bile
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GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
-a Answer: noun ending
a- Answer: no, not, without, lack of
ab- Answer: away from
abdomin/o Answer: abdomen
-abrasion Answer: scraping of
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -ant, -atic, -atory, -iac, ic, -id, -ine, -ior, -eal, -ent Answer: pertaining to
ac- Answer: toward
acetabul/o Answer: acetabulum (hip socket)
achill/o Answer: Achilles tendon
acid/o Answer: acid
acous/o Answer: hearing
acro- Answer: heights, extremities, extremes
acromi/o Answer: acromion process (projection of the scapula)
act/o, act/i Answer: rays
acu- Answer: sharp
-acusis Answer: hearing
-ad, ad-, af- Answer: toward
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,aden/o Answer: gland
adenoid/o Answer: adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil
adip/o, adipos/o Answer: fat
adnex/o Answer: accessory
adren/o, adrenal/o Answer: adrenal gland
aer/o Answer: air
agglutin/o Answer: clumping
Agora- Answer: marketplace
-algia Answer: pain
al/i, al/o Answer: wing
aliment/o Answer: nutrition
allo- Answer: other, different
alveol/o Answer: alveolus, small cavity
-alysis Answer: breaking down
ambly/o Answer: dull, dim
ambul/o Answer: walking
amel/o Answer: enamel
amni/o, amnion/o, -amnios Answer: amnion, inner fetal sac
amphi- Answer: both
amyl/o Answer: starch
an- Answer: no, not, without
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,an/o Answer: anus
ana- Answer: up, apart, away
andr/o Answer: male
angi/o Answer: vessel
ankyl/o Answer: stiffening
annul/o Answer: annulus, ring
ante- Answer: toward, in front of, before
anter/o Answer: front
anthrop/o Answer: man
anti Answer: against
antr/o Answer: antrum; cavity
aort/o Answer: aorta (largest artery)
-apheresis Answer: removal
aphth/o Answer: ulceration
apic/o Answer: pointed extremity, apex
apo- Answer: separation, away from
append/o, appendic/o Answer: vermiform appendix, that which is added
appendicul/o Answer: appendicular
-arche Answer: beginning
artei/o Answer: artery
arteriol/o Answer: arteriole (small artery)
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, arthr/o, articul/o Answer: articulation, joint
-ase Answer: enzyme
astr/o Answer: star
ather/o Answer: fat, plaque
-ation Answer: process of
atlant/o Answer: 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1)
atri/o Answer: atrium
Audi/o, aur/o Answer: hearing
auricul/o Answer: auricle (pinna)
auto Answer: self
axill/o Answer: axilla, underarm
axi Answer: axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2)
azg/o Answer: without a yoke
bacteri/o Answer: bacteria
balan/o Answer: glans penis
band/o Answer: bands
bartholin Answer: Bartholin's gland
bas/o Answer: base, bottom
bi-, bin Answer: two
bi/o Answer: life or living
bil/i Answer: bile
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