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Medical Roots A-B
Word Parts
| Meaning | Word Part |
|---|---|
| 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 |