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Medical Roots A-B
Word Parts
Meaning | Word Part |
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abdomen | abdomin/o, celi/o |
abdominal wall | lapar/o |
abnormal | dys- |
abnormally high | hyper- |
abnormally large | macro-, mega-, megalo- |
abnormally low | hypo- |
above | super-, supra- |
absence | a-, an-, dis- |
absorbing | -philic |
accumulation of fluid | edema |
across | trans- |
act of recording data | -graphy |
acting on | -tropic |
adrenal | adren/o |
adrenal cortex | adrenocortic/o |
after | post- |
again | re- |
against | anti-, contra- |
air | aer/o, pneumat/o |
all | pan- |
amnion | amnio |
anus | an/o |
aorta | aort/o |
arm | brachi/o |
around | circum-, peri- |
arteriole | arteriol/o |
artery | arter, ateri/o |
atrium | atri/o |
attracting | -philic |
away from | ab-, ex/o- |
babble | -lalia |
bacillus | bacill/i, bacill/o |
back | re- |
backward | retro- |
bacterium | bacteri/o |
bad | mal- |
before | ante-, pre-, pro- |
behind | post-, retro- |
below | hypo-, infra-, sub- |
beside | para-, juxta- |
between | inter- |
beyond | trans- |
bile | bili, chol/e, chol/o |
bile duct | cholangi/o |
binding | -desis |
birth | nat/i |
black | melan/o |
bladder (urinary) | cyst/o, vesic/o |
blood | -emia, -hemia, hem/o, hemat/o |
blood clot | thromb/o |
blue | cyan/o- |
bone | oste/o |
bone marrow | myel/o |
brain | encephal/o |
breaking | clasis, clasia |
breast | mamm/o, mast/o |
breathing | -pnea, spir/o |
bronchiole | bronchiol |
bronchus | bronch/i, bronch/o |
bursa | burs/o |
bursting forth | -rhage, -rhagia |