Med P/S Column 3 Flashcards
aspir/o,aspirat/o
to breathe in
asthen-, asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
asthmat/o
gasping, choking
astr/o
star, star-shaped
at-
toward, to
atel/o
incomplete, inperfect
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
athet/o
uncontrolled
atop/o
strange, out of place
atres/i
without an opening
atri/o
atrium
attenuat/o
diluted, weakened
aud-, audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
aur/-, aur/o
ear, listening
auscult/o
listen
aut/o
self
-ax
a noun ending, thorax
ax/o
axis, main stem
axill/o
armpit
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
bacill/o
rod-chaped bacterium (plural, bacteria)
bacteri/o
bacteria
baln/o
glans penis
bar/o
pressure, weight
bartholin/o
Bartholin’s gland
bas/o
base, opposite of acid
bi-,bis
twice, double, two
bio-
life
bifid/o
split, divided into two parts
bifurcat/o
divide or fork into two branches
bil/i
bile, gallbladder
bilirubin
bilirubin
bin-
two by two
-blast
embryonic, immature, formative element
blephar/o
eyelid
borborygm/o
rumbling sound
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
brev/i, brev/o,
short
bronch/i, bronch/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
bronchio/o
bronchiole, bronchiolus
brux/o
grind
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
byssin/o
cotton dust
cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel