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"B and C"
combining forms, prefix, suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bi/o | life |
| blast/o | primitive cell |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchus/o | bronchiole |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | sac |
| -blast | immature |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| calc/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartiledge |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary muscle |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| circum- | around |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -chalasis | relaxation |
| -cise | cut |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | more than normal # of cells |