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Respiratory Terms 2
Respiratory Terms
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | no, not, without |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac; small sac |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| capn/o | carbone dioxide |
| capnia | carbone dioxide |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ectasis | stretching, dilation, expansion |
| ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| em- | in |
| ema | condition |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, away from |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lysis | breakdown, seperation, destruction, loosening |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| nas/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| osmia | smell |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| oxia | oxygen |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of |
| pector/o | chest |
| per- | through |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| phon/o | voice, sound |
| phonia | voice, sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air, gas |
| pneumon/o | lung, air, gas |
| ptysis | spitting |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| re- | back, again, backward |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| scopy | visual examination |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| sphyxia | pulse |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| stenosis | tightening, stricture |
| stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| tachy- | fast |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| tomy | process of cutting |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trophy | nourishment, development |