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Chapter 12
Ch 12 - Respiratory System - Combing Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
| Prefixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| hydr/o | water |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| nas/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | throat (pharynx) |
| phon/o | voice; sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lung; air; gas |
| pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea; windpipe |
| -algia | pain |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation; widening |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -ema | condition |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -phonia | voice; sound |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| em- | in |
| eu- | good; normal |
| ex- | out, away from |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from |
| per- | through |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| tachy- | fast |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -meter | measurement or instrument that measures |
| -metry | measurement of |
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