Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes

1. Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes Keep adding to your list each day. Quizzes on Fridays

2. a, an • Not, without • Anemia, anaerobic • A patient is asymptomatic if he or she does not have symptoms.

3. ab • Away from • Absent, abnormal • An abductor is a muscle that moves a limb away from the body.

4. acu • Sharp • Acupuncture, accurate • Acute pains are sharp pains.

5. ad • Toward • Addiction, adhere • Adductor muscles brings limbs toward the body.

6. Ag, act • Do, move, cause • Reaction, reagent, agitate, action • Disease agents cause diseases.

7. -al • Relating to, at • Nocturnal, terrestrial • Nocturnal animals are active at night

8. alb • White • Albino, albacore • Albinos appear white due to the absence of pigmentation.

9. ambul • To walk • Ambulatory, amble • Ambulatory patients can walk.

10. amph • Double, both • Amphibian • Amphibians live both on land and in the water.

11. amyl • Starch • Amylase, amylose • Amylase is an enzyme that converts starch to simple sugars.