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Ch 12 - Respiratory System - Combing Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes

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Prefixes
meaning
adenoid/o   adenoids  
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alveol/o   alveolus; air sac; small sac  
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bronch/o   bronchial tube  
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bronchi/o   bronchial tube  
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bronchiol/o   bronchiole  
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capn/o   carbon dioxide  
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coni/o   dust  
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cyan/o   blue  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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hydr/o   water  
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laryng/o   larynx (voice box)  
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lob/o   lobe  
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mediastin/o   mediastinum  
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nas/o   nose  
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or/o   mouth  
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orth/o   straight  
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ox/o   oxygen  
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pector/o   chest  
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pharyng/o   throat (pharynx)  
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phon/o   voice; sound  
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phren/o   diaphragm; mind  
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pleur/o   pleura  
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pneum/o   lung; air; gas  
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pneumon/o   lung; air; gas  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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py/o   pus  
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rhin/o   nose  
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sinus/o   sinus  
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spir/o   to breathe  
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tel/o   complete  
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thorac/o   chest  
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tonsill/o   tonsil  
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trache/o   trachea; windpipe  
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-algia   pain  
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-capnia   carbon dioxide  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ectasis   dilation; widening  
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-ectomy   removal; excision; resection  
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-ema   condition  
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-lysis   breakdown; separation; destruction  
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-osmia   smell  
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-oxia   oxygen  
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-phonia   voice; sound  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-rrhea   flow; discharge  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-sphyxia   pulse  
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-stenosis   tightening; stricture  
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-stomy   new opening (to form a mouth)  
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-thorax   chest; pleural cavity  
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-tomy   process of cutting  
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-trophy   nourishment; development (condition of)  
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a-, an-   no; not; without  
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brady-   slow  
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dys-   bad; painful; difficult; abnormal  
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em-   in  
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eu-   good; normal  
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ex-   out, away from  
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hyper-   above; excessive  
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hypo-   deficient; below; under; less than normal  
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para-   near; beside; abnormal; apart from  
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per-   through  
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re-   back; again; backward  
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tachy-   fast  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-graph   recording instrument  
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-meter   measurement or instrument that measures  
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-metry   measurement of  
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