HOSA

• 1. /an-


  without, away from, not
• ab-/abs-


  absent, away from, from
• abdomin-/abdomino-


  relating to the abdomen
• abort-/aborto-


  to miscarry
• acanth-/acanotho-


  thorn or spine
• acous-/acoust-/acousto-


  relating to hearing
• acro-


  extremity, top, extreme point
• actin-/actino-


  ray, relating to radiation
• ad-


  adherence, increase, toward
• -ad

  toward, in the direction of
• adren-/adreno-/adrenal-/andrenalo-

  adrenal glands
• • agogue


  an agent that promotes the expulsion of a specific substance
• • agra


  sudden severe pain
• • al


  either abdominal/intestinal or an aldehyde (in chemistry)
• • algesia/-algia


  pain and suffering (cry)
• • algi


  more pain
• all-


  see allo-
• amb-/ambi-


  both, both sides, around, about
• amph-/amphi-/ampho-


  both, on both sides, on all sides, double, around, about
• an-


  see a-
• ana-/an-


  up, against, back
• andro-


  man, male, masculine
• angi-/angio-


  blood or lymph vessels
• aniso-


  unequal, asymmetrical, dissimilar.
• ankyl-/ankylo-


  crooked, bent, fusion or growing together of parts
• antero-


  anterior, front, before
• anthropo-


  human beings/life
• apo-


  from, derived from, separated from
• arch-/arche-/archi-


  first, principal, beginning, original
• • asis/-esis/-iasis/-isis/-sis


  condition, pathological state.
• astro-


  star, star-shaped
• atelo-


  imperfect, incomplete
• ather-/athero-


  fatty plaque
• atmo-


  steam, vapor
• atreto-


  absence of an opening
• axio-


  axis, long axis of a tooth
• axo-


  axis, axon
• azot-/azoto-


  nitrogenous compounds
• bacteri-/bacterio-


  bacteria, bacterium
• balan-/balano-


  glans clitoridis, glans penis