UTMB Medical Terminology Exam
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ab- - ✔✔from, away from
abdomin/o - ✔✔abdomen
abort/o - ✔✔to miscarry
-ac - ✔✔pertaining to
acid/o - ✔✔acid
acous/o - ✔✔hearing
acr/o - ✔✔extremity
acromi/o - ✔✔acromion (projection of scapula)
-acousis - ✔✔hearing
-ad - ✔✔toward
ad- - ✔✔toward
aden/o - ✔✔gland
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,adenoid/o - ✔✔adenoids
adip/o - ✔✔fat
adren/o - ✔✔adrenal glands
adrenal/o - ✔✔adrenal glands
aer/o - ✔✔air
af- - ✔✔toward
agglutin/o - ✔✔clumping, gluing
agora- - ✔✔marketplace
-al - ✔✔pertaining to
albin/o - ✔✔white
albumin/o - ✔✔albumin (protein)
-algesia - ✔✔pain
-algia - ✔✔pain
allo- - ✔✔other, differing from the normal
alveol/o - ✔✔alveolus; air sac
ambly/o - ✔✔dull, dim
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,amni/o - ✔✔amnion (amniotic sac)
an- - ✔✔without, not
an/o - ✔✔anus
ana- - ✔✔against; up; back
andr/o - ✔✔male
aneurysm/o - ✔✔widened blood vessel
angi/o - ✔✔Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso- - ✔✔unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o - ✔✔stiffness; bent, crooked
ante- - ✔✔before, in front of
anter/o - ✔✔anterior, front
anthrac/o - ✔✔coal, coal dust
anti- - ✔✔against
aort/o - ✔✔aorta
append/o - ✔✔appendix
appendic/o - ✔✔appendix
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, aque/o - ✔✔water
-ar - ✔✔pertaining to
-arche - ✔✔beginning
arteri/o - ✔✔artery
arteriol/o - ✔✔arteriole
arter/o - ✔✔artery
arthr/o - ✔✔joint
-ary - ✔✔pertaining to
asbest/o - ✔✔asbestos
-asthenia - ✔✔weakess, debility
astr/o - ✔✔star
-ate - ✔✔having the form of, possessing
atel/o - ✔✔incomplete; imperfect
ather/o - ✔✔fatty plaque
-ation - ✔✔process (of)
atri/o - ✔✔atrium
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ab- - ✔✔from, away from
abdomin/o - ✔✔abdomen
abort/o - ✔✔to miscarry
-ac - ✔✔pertaining to
acid/o - ✔✔acid
acous/o - ✔✔hearing
acr/o - ✔✔extremity
acromi/o - ✔✔acromion (projection of scapula)
-acousis - ✔✔hearing
-ad - ✔✔toward
ad- - ✔✔toward
aden/o - ✔✔gland
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,adenoid/o - ✔✔adenoids
adip/o - ✔✔fat
adren/o - ✔✔adrenal glands
adrenal/o - ✔✔adrenal glands
aer/o - ✔✔air
af- - ✔✔toward
agglutin/o - ✔✔clumping, gluing
agora- - ✔✔marketplace
-al - ✔✔pertaining to
albin/o - ✔✔white
albumin/o - ✔✔albumin (protein)
-algesia - ✔✔pain
-algia - ✔✔pain
allo- - ✔✔other, differing from the normal
alveol/o - ✔✔alveolus; air sac
ambly/o - ✔✔dull, dim
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,amni/o - ✔✔amnion (amniotic sac)
an- - ✔✔without, not
an/o - ✔✔anus
ana- - ✔✔against; up; back
andr/o - ✔✔male
aneurysm/o - ✔✔widened blood vessel
angi/o - ✔✔Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso- - ✔✔unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o - ✔✔stiffness; bent, crooked
ante- - ✔✔before, in front of
anter/o - ✔✔anterior, front
anthrac/o - ✔✔coal, coal dust
anti- - ✔✔against
aort/o - ✔✔aorta
append/o - ✔✔appendix
appendic/o - ✔✔appendix
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, aque/o - ✔✔water
-ar - ✔✔pertaining to
-arche - ✔✔beginning
arteri/o - ✔✔artery
arteriol/o - ✔✔arteriole
arter/o - ✔✔artery
arthr/o - ✔✔joint
-ary - ✔✔pertaining to
asbest/o - ✔✔asbestos
-asthenia - ✔✔weakess, debility
astr/o - ✔✔star
-ate - ✔✔having the form of, possessing
atel/o - ✔✔incomplete; imperfect
ather/o - ✔✔fatty plaque
-ation - ✔✔process (of)
atri/o - ✔✔atrium
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