Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-acA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.

-alA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.

-algiaA word ending that means pain.

-anA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.

-arA word ending that means relating to or pertaining to.

-aryA word ending that means relating to.

-astheniaA word ending that means weakness or loss of strength.

a-A word beginning that means without, not or absence of; written an- before a vowel.

ab-A word beginning that means away from.

abdomin/oA word root that means the abdomen, the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis.

acr/oA word root that means the extremities (hands and feet) or the top, a high point.

ad-A word beginning that means toward, near or added to.

aden/oA word root that means gland.

adip/oA word root that means fat; lip/o means the same.

adren/oA word root that means the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys.

albin/oA word root that means white.

alveol/oA word root that means alveolus, a tiny air sac in the lungs.

ambi-A word beginning that means both, or on both sides.

ana-A word beginning that means up, back or again.

andr/oA word root that means male or man.

angi/oA word root that means vessel, usually a blood vessel.

ankyl/oA word part that means stiff, fused or bent.

ante-A word beginning that means before, in time or in place.

anti-A word beginning that means against or opposing.

aort/oA word root that means the aorta, the body's largest artery.

append/oA word root that means the appendix.

arteri/oA word part that means artery.

arthr/oA word root that means joint.

ather/oA word root that means fatty plaque, the soft fatty buildup that can form inside arteries.

atri/oA word root that means atrium, one of the two upper chambers of the heart.

audi/oA word root that means hearing or sound.

aur/oA word root that means ear or hearing; ot/o means ear too.

auto-A word beginning that means self or by itself.

axill/oA word root that means the armpit.