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CWI med term Chapter 4 combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveol/o- | alveolus (air sac) |
| aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in |
| asthm/o- | asthma |
| auscult/o- | listening |
| bronchi/o- | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o- | bronchiole |
| bronch/o- | bronchus |
| capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| diaphragmat/o- | diaphragm |
| glott/o- | glottis (of the larynx) |
| hal/o- | breathe |
| hem/o- | blood |
| laryng/o- | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o- | lobe of an organ |
| mucos/o- | mucous membrane |
| nas/o- | nose |
| ox/i- | oxygen |
| ox/o- | oxygen |
| ox/y- | oxygen; quick |
| pector/o- | chest |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
| phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
| pleur/o- | pleura (lung membrane) |
| pne/o- | breathing |
| pneum/o- | lung; air |
| pulmon/o- | lung |
| pneumon/o- | lung; air |
| py/o- | pus |
| sept/o- | septum (dividing wall) |
| spir/o- | breath; a coil |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
| turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; teubinate |
| tuss/o- | cough |
| trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
| ventil/o- | movement of air |