Medical Terminology - 'B' Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Vocabulary flashcards covering medical combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes starting with the letter B based on lecture notes.

bacill/o

bacilli (bacteria)

bacteri/o

bacteria

balan/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure; weight

bartholin/o

Bartholin glands

bary-

weight, pressure

-basia

walking

bas/o

base; opposite of acid

batho-, bathy-

deep, depth

bi-

two

bi/o

life

bil/i

bile; gall

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

-blast

embryonic; immature cell

-blastoma

immature tumor (cells)

blenn/o

mucus

blephar/o

eyelid

bol/o

cast; throw

-boulia

will

brachi/o

arm

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

brom/o

bromine-containing compound, odor

bronch/o

bronchial tube (h)

bronchi/o

bronchial tube

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

bucc/o

cheek

bunion/o

bunion

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near joints)

byssin/o

cotton dust