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  • a-

    without or absence of (asepsis, avascular tissue)

  • ab-

    away from (abduction)

  • acro-

    top or end (acromion process)

  • ad-

    to or towards (adduction, adductor muscle)

  • aesth-

    feeling (anesthesia)

  • -algia

    pain (neuralgia)

  • ambi-

    both (ambidexterous)

  • amubl-

    walk (ambulatory)

  • an-

    without (anaerobic respiration)

  • ante-

    before, in front of (antecerebellar)

  • anti-

    against (antibacterial, antibiotic, antidepressant)

  • append-

    to hang something (appendicular)

  • -ase

    enzyme (amylase, lipase, carboxypeptidase)

  • aud-

    hear (auditory)

  • aug-

    increase (augmentation)

  • auto-

    self (autoimmune disorder)

  • bi-

    two (bicuspid valve, bipolar disorder, bisexual)

  • -blast

    budding (osteoblasts, blastocyst)

  • brady-

    slow (bradycardia)

  • bronch-

    windpipe (bronchus)

  • carcin-

    cancer (carcinoma, carcinogen)

  • cardi-

    heart (pericardium, cardiac)

  • carp-

    wrist (carpals)

  • -centesis

    surgical puncture (amniocentesis, thoracentesis)

  • cephal-

    head (cephalic artery)

  • -cidal

    killing (germicidal)

  • -clast

    broken (osteoclasts)

  • cleav-

    to divide (cleavage)

  • contra-

    against (contraceptive device, contralateral)

  • corpus-

    body (corpus callosum)

  • cut-

    skin (subcutaneous)

  • cyst-

    bladder (cystoscopy)

  • cyt-

    cell (cytology)

  • -cyte

    cell (osteocyte, leukocyte, erythrocyte)

  • dendr-

    tree (dendrite)

  • dent-

    tooth (dentist, dentition)

  • derm-

    skin (dermis)

  • di-

    two (disaccharide)

  • diastol-

    dilation (diastole, diastolic)

  • dis-

    to undo; free from (dislocation, disorder)