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Question | Answer |
COMBING FORMS atel/o | DEFENITION imperfect,incomplete |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
hem/o,hemat/o | blood |
muc/o | mucus |
orth/o | straight |
ox/i,ox/o | oxygen |
phon/o | sound,voice |
py/o | pus |
somn/o | sleep |
spir/o | breathe,breathing |
PREFIX a-,an- | DEFINITION absence of, without |
endo- | within |
eu- | normal,good |
pan- | all,total |
poly- | many,much |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
SUFFIXES -algia | DEFINITION pain |
-ar,-ary,-eal | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia or protrusion |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid(with sterile needle) |
-ectasis | stretchin out,dilatation,expansion |
-emia | blood condition |
-graphy | process of recording, radiographic impaging |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
-scope | instrment used for visual examination |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden,involuntary muscle contraction(spasmodic contractions) |
-stenosis | constriction of an artifical opening |
-stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
-throax | chest |
-tomy | cut into or incision |
ABBREVIATIONS ABGs | arterial blood gases |
ARDS | acid-fast bacilli |
CF | cystic fibrosis |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CT | computed tomography |
CXR | chest radiograph(chest x-ray) |
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