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Chapter 12

Medical Terminology

QuestionAnswer
a-, an- without, absence of
dia- through
endo- within
epi- upon, over, above, on top
eu- normal, good
neo- new
pan- all, entire
poly- many
alveol/o air sac, alveolus
atel/o incomplete
bronch/o, bronch/i airway, bronchus
con/i dust
cyst/o sac, bladder
fibr/o fiber
glott/o opening into the windpipe
hem/o, hemat/o blood
laryng/o voice box, larynx
lob/o a rounded part, lobe
muc/o mucous
nas/o nose
orth/o straight
ox/i oxygen
pharyng/o throat, pharynx
phragm/o, phragmat/o partition
pleur/o rib, pleura
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o air, lung
pulmon/o lung
py/o pus
rhin/o nose
sept/o wall, partition
sinus/o cavity
somn/o sleep
spir/o to breathe
sten/o narrowness, constriction
thorac/o chest, thorax
tonsill/o almond, tonsil
trache/o windpipe, trachea
tubercul/o little mass or swelling
-algia pain
-ar, -ary pertaining to
-capnia condition of carbon dioxide
-cele hernia, swelling, protrusion
-centesis surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
-eal pertaining to
-ectasis expansion, dilation
-emia condition of blood
-metry measurement
-osis condition of
-otomy, -tomy cutting into, incision
-oxia condition of oxygen
-pexy surgical fixation, suspension
-phonia condition of sound or voice
-plasm something shaped
-pnea breathing
-ptysis to cough up
-rrhagia bleeding, hemorrhage
-rrhea excessive discharge (of fluid)
-spasm sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
-stomy surgical creation of an opening
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