Vocab pt.2

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

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

cac/o

bad

calc/o

calcium

calcane/o

calcaneus (heel bone)

calci/o

calcium

calcul/o, calculia

to compute

cali/o

calyx

calic/o

calyx

calor/i

heat

campt/o

bent

capillar/o

capillary (tiniest blood vessel)

capn/o

carbon dioxide

\-capnia

carbon dioxide

caps/o, capsul/o

capsule, container

carcin/o

cancerous; cancer

cari/o

caries, rottenness

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

wrist bones (carpals)

cata-

down

\-cataphasia

affirmation

cathar/o, cathart/o

cleansing, purging

\-cathisia, -kathisia

sitting

caud/o

tail; lower part of body

caus/o

burn;burning

cauter/o

heat;burn

cav/o, cavit/o

hollow, cavity

cec/o

cecum (first part of colon)

\-cele

hernia

celi/o

belly; abdomen

\-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

centr/o

center

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cerumin/o

cerumen

cervic/o

relaxation

\-chalasis

relaxation

cheil/o

lip

chem/o

drug; chemical

\-chezia

defacation; elimination of wastes

chir/o

hand

chlor/o

green

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

chol/e

bile; gall

cholangi/o

bile; vessel

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cholesterol/o

cholesterol

chondr/o

cartilage

chore/o

dance

chori/o

chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)

chorion/o

chorion

choroid/o

choroid layer of eye

\-chroia

skin coloration

chrom/o

color

chron/o

time

chrys/o

gold

chyl/o

chyle

chym/o

to pour

cib/o

meal

\-cide

killing

\-cidal

pertaining to killing

cine/o

movement

circum-

around

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

cis/o

to cut

clasis

to break

\-clast

to break

claustr/o

enclosed space

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

cleid/o

clavicle

clin/o

to slope; bend

\-clysis

irrlgation; washing

coagul/o

coagulation (clotting)

\-coccus

berry-shaped bacterium

coccyg/o

coccyx (tail bone)