Medical Terminology Letter B

 

TERM	MEANING
bacteri/o	bacteria
balne/o	bath
bar/o	weight, pressure
bary-	heavy, dull, hard
-basia	walking
bas/o, basi/o	base, foundation
bathy-, batho-	deep, depth
bi-	two
bibli/o	books
bil/i	bile
bio-, bi/o	life, living
blast/o, -blast	early embryonic stage, immature
blenn/o	mucus
blephar/o	eyelid
brachi/o	arm
brachy-	short
brady-	slow
brom/o	bromine containing compound, odor
bronchiol/o	bronchiole
bronch/o	bronchus
bucc/o	cheek
-bulia, -boulia	will
burs/o	bursa