What does the medical terminology combining form -ad mean?

Answer 1

The medical suffix "-ad" means "toward."
-ad from L. ad, to, means "towards". [anconad, lit. towards the elbow, caudad, lit. towards the tail, dorsad, lit. towards the back, entad, lit. towards the interior]

ad- from L. ad, to, means "to, unto, towards". [ad- has numerous variants: ab-, ac-, ag-, af-, al-, am-, an- ap-, ar-, as-, at-] [advertise, lit. cause to turn towards, affect, lit. to do to, fig. to have an effect on, annihilate, lit. to make nothing, fig. to kill in large numbers, attend, lit. to stretch towards, fig. to direct the attention to, adduct, lit. to bring towards, adventitia, lit. coming towards, appendix, lit. to hang, apposition, lit. to place towards] [] (see a-, an-)

Mnemonic for remembering the word part -ad-. You're on the internet and see nothing but ads (-ad-) coming towardsyou. Stupid popups.
The "AD" means - to, near to, towards.

For example:

ADhesion - sticking to

ADrenal - near the kidney