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Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 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 : (gemacidal) -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) dors- back:?(dorsal) dur- hard: (dura mater) ecto- outside: (ectopic pregnancy) -ectomy excision or surgical removal: (appendectomy, hysterectomy) embol- stopper:?(embolism) -emia blood condition, something in the blood: (hypercholesterolemia) encephal- brain: (encephalitis, encephalogram) endo- within: (endoplasmic reticulum, endoderm) enter- intestines: (enterococcal infection) epi- upon: (epithelial tissue, epicardium, epi