Word Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms

It is an identification guide to let you break down words and understand their roots. If you are ever given a disease and you have no idea what it is, break the words of the disease down into its roots and you will be able to say what the disease is and where it causes the problems. :)

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A-, an-
Absence or lack eg. acardia: lack of a heart eg. anaerobic: in the absence of oxygen
Ab-
Departing from/away from eg. abnormal: departing from normal
Acou-
Hearing eg. acoustics: the science of sound
Ac-, acro-
Extreme or extremity; peak eg. acrodermatitis: inflammation of the skin of the extremities
Ad-
To or toward eg. adorbital: toward the orbit
Aden-, adeno-
Gland eg. adeniform: resembling a gland in shape
Adren-
Toward the kidney eg. adrenal gland: adjacent to the kidney
Aero-
Air eg. aerobic respiration: oxygen-requiring metabolism
Af-
Toward eg. afferent neurons: which carry impulses to central nervous system
Agon-
Contest eg. agonistic and antagonistic muscles: oppose each other
Alb-
White eg. corpus albicans of the ovary: a white scar tissue
Aliment-
Nourish eg. alimentary canal, or digestive track
Allel-
Of one another eg. alleles: alternative expression of a gene
Amphi-
On both sides; of both kinds eg. amphibian: an organism capable of living in water and on land
Ana-
Apart, up, again eg. anaphase of mitosis: when the chromosomes separate