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Respiratory System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ema | condition of |
| -ectasis | stretching, dialation, enlargement |
| -osmia | smell, odor |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -sphyxia | breathing |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening or cramping |
| -ia | abnormal condition |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -tachy | rapid |
| -brady | slow |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveoli/o | avelous, air sac |
| bronchi/o | bronchiol tube, bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, bronchioles |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide, smoky apperance |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx, throat |
| lob/o | lobe, well-defined part of an organ |
| meediastin/o | mediastinum, middle |
| nas/o | nose |
| ortho/o | straight, normal, correct |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | plerua, side of body |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| tel/o | end, extermity, completion |
| thorac/o | chest |
| -thorax | chest |
| tonsil/o | tonsil, throat |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |