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CHAPTER 8 MEDI-TERM
CHAPTER 8 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
COMBINING FORM | MEANING |
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alveol/o | alveolus |
bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe |
nas/o rhin/o | nose |
phren/o | diaphragm / mind |
pleur/o | pleura |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
pneum/o pneumon/o pulm/o pulmon/o | lung / air |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
spir/o | to breath / spiral |
hem/o | blood |
medi/o | middle |
laryng/o | larynx |
phon/o | voice |
or/o | mouth |
atel/o | imperfect |
coni/o | dust |
embol/o | embolus |
home/o | sameness |
ox/o | oxygen |
silic/o | silica |
thorac/o | chest |
phas/o | speech |