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-able | capable |\n| abort/o | premature expulsion of viable foetus |\n| abrad/o, abras/o | scrape |\n| abrupt/o | broken away from |\n| ab- | away from |\n| abscess/o | collection of pus |\n| absorpt/o | suck up |\n| ac- | toward |\n| -ac | pertaining to |\n| acanth/o | spiny, thorny |\n| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |\n| -acious | characterised by |\n| acne/o | peak |\n| acou/o, acous/o | hearing |\n| aquir/o | obtain |\n| -acusia, -acusis, acust/o | hearing, sense of hearing |\n| acr/o | extremities |\n| acromi/o | acromion, point of shoulder blade |\n| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |\n| acuit/o, acut/o | sharp, sharpness |\n| ad-, -ad | toward, in direction of |\n| aden/o | gland |\n| adenoid/o | adenoids |\n| adhes/o | stick to |\n| adip/o | fat |\n| adnex/o | bound to |\n| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands |\n| -aemia | blood |\n| aer/o | air, gas |\n| aesthet/o, esthet/o | sensation |\n\n© TAFE frontiers 2001  \n1  \nGlossary of Medical Terms  \nList of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes  \n\n| af- | toward, to |\n| --- | --- |\n| affect/o | exert influence on |\n| ag- | toward, to |\n| agglutin/o | clumping |\n| aggress/o | attack |\n| -ago | attack, diseased state or condition |\n| agor/a | marketplace |\n| -agra | excessive pain seizure, attack of severe pain |\n| -aise | comfort, ease |\n| al- | like, similar |\n| -al | pertaining to |\n| alb/i, alb/o, albin/o | white |\n| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |\n| alg/e, alg/o | pain |\n| algesi/o, -algesia | suffering, pain |\n| -algesic | painful |\n| algi-, -algia | suffering, pain |\n| align/o | bring into line or correct position |\n| aliment/o | to nourish |\n| all/o all- | other, different |\n| alopec/o | baldness |\n| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac, small sac |\n| amb-, ambi- | on both sides, around or about, double |\n| ambly/o | dim |\n| ambly/o | dim, dull |\n| ambul/o, ambulat/o | to walk |\n| ametr/o | out of proportion |\n| -amine | nitrogen compound |\n| amni/o | amnion, foetal membrane |\n| amph- | around, on both sides, doubly |\n| amput/o, amputat/o | cut away, cut off a part of body |\n| amyl/o | starch |\n| an- | no, not, without |\n| an-, ana- | up, apart, backward, excessive |\n| andr/o | male |\n| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |\n\n2  \n© TAFE frontiers 2001  \nGlossary of Medical Terms  \nList of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes  \n\n| angi/o, angi-, angio- | lymph vessels or blood vessels |\n| --- | --- |\n| angin/o | choking |\n| anis/o | unequal |\n| an/o | anus, ring |\n| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |\n| anomal/o | irregularity |\n| ante- | before, forward |\n| anter/o | front |\n| anthrac/o | coal dust |\n| anti- | against, counter |\n| anxi/o, anxiet/o | uneasy, anxious, distressed |\n| aort/o | aorta |\n| ap- | toward, to |\n| -apheresis | removal |\n| aphth/o | small ulcer |\n| apic/o | apex |\n| aplast/o | defective or lack of development |\n| apo- | opposed |\n| aponeur/o | aponeurosis |\n| apoplect/o | a stroke |\n| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |\n| aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o | water |\n| -ar | pertaining to |\n| arc/o | bow, arc |\n| -arche | beginning |\n| arachn/o | spider web, spider |\n| areat/o | occurring in patches or circumscribed areas |\n| areol/o | little open space |\n| arrect/o | upright, lifted up, raised |\n| arteri/o | artery |\n| articul/o, arthr/o | joint |\n| -ary | pertaining to |\n| as- | toward, to |\n| -ase | enzyme |\n| asphyxi/o | absence of a pulse |\n| aspir/o, aspirat/o | to breathe in |\n\n© TAFE frontiers 2001  \n3  \nGlossary of Medical Terms  \nList of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes  \n\n| asthen-, -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |\n| --- | --- |\n| -asthmat/o | gasping, choking |\n| at- | toward to |\n| atel/o | incomplete |\n| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |\n| athet/o | uncontrolled |\n| -atonic | lack of tone |\n| atop/o | strange, out of place |\n| atres/i | without an opening |\n| atri/o | atrium |\n| -atrophy | degeneration |\n| 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