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12.1 CF Pulmonology
Combining Forms for Pulmonology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o- | gland |
| alveoli/o- | alveolus(air sac) |
| anthrac/o- | coal |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| asbest/o- | asbestos |
| aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in |
| asthm/o- | asthma |
| atel/o- | incomplete |
| auscult/o- | listening |
| bacteri/o- | bacterium |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| bronch/o- | bronchus |
| bronchi/o- | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o- | bronchiole |
| capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
| carbox/y- | carbon monoxide |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| cellul/o- | cell |
| chron/o- | time |
| cocc/o- | spherical bacterium |
| coni/o- | dust |
| cortic/o- | cortex(outer region) |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid sac; semisolid cyst |
| diaphragmat/o- | diaphragm |
| dilat/o- | dilate; widen |
| effuse/o- | a pouring out |
| embol/o- | embolus(occluding plug) |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| fus/o- | pouring |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| glob/o- | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
| glott/o- | glottis(of the larynx) |
| hal/o- | breathe |
| hem/o- | blood |
| hil/o- | hilam(indentation in an organ) |
| infect/o- | disease within |
| laryng/o- | larynx(voice box) |
| kal/i- | potassium |
| lingu/o- | tongue |
| lob/o- | lobe of an organ |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| malign/o- | intentional; causing harm; cancer |
| metabol/o- | change; transformation |
| muc/o- | mucus |
| mucos/o | mumcous membrane |
| nas/o- | nose |
| obstruct/o- | blocked by a barrier |
| or/o- | mouth |
| orth/o- | straight |
| ox/i- | oxygen |
| ox/o- | oxygen |
| ox/y- | oxygen; quick |
| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
| paroxysm/o- | sudden, sharp attack |
| pector/o- | thorax (chest) |
| percuss/o- | tapping |
| pharyng/o- | pharync (throat) |
| phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for |
| phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
| phys/o- | inflate; distend; grow |
| pleur/o- | pleura (lung membrane) |
| pne/o- | breathing |
| pneum/o- | lung; air |
| pneumon/o- | lung; air |
| pulmon/o- | lung |
| purul/o- | pus |
| py/o- | pus |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| resect/o- | to cut out; remove |
| resuscit/o- | revive; raise up again |
| sensiv/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
| sept/o- | septum (dividing wall) |
| spir/o- | breathe; a coil |
| steth/o- | chest |
| therap/o- | treatment |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
| tract/o- | pulling |
| tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
| tuber/o- | nodule |
| tub/o- | tube |
| turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; turbinate |
| tuss/o- | cough |
| ventil/o- | movement of air |
| vir/o- | virus |
| viscer/o- | large internal organs |
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