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ch5 wordparts
Exploring Medical Language 8th edition ch5 wordparts(N.D.'s class)
Question | Answer |
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adenoido | adenoids |
alveolo | air sac |
atelo | incomplete |
bronchio | bronchus |
broncho | bronchus |
capno | carbon dioxide |
diaphragmato | diaphragm |
epiglotto | epiglottis |
hemato | blood |
hemo | blood |
laryngo | voice box |
lobo | lobe; section |
muco | mucus |
naso | nose |
ortho | straight |
oxi | oxygen |
oxo | oxygen |
pharyngo | throat |
phono | sound or voice |
pleuro | outer lining of the lung |
pneumo | air |
pneumono | lung |
pulmono | lung |
pyo | pus |
rhino | nose |
septo | septum |
sinuso | sinus |
spiro | breathe, breathing |
thoraco | chest |
tonsillo | tonsil |
trachea | windpipe |
a- | without or absence of |
an- | without or absence of |
endo- | within |
eu- | normal, good |
pan- | all |
poly- | many, much |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia or protrusion |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasis | dilation |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record, x-ray film |
-graphy | process of recording, x-ray filming |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
-stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
-stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
-thorax | chest |
-tomy | cut into or incision |