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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
| anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| atel/o | incomplete; imperfect |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| bronch/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
| bronchi/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| electr/o | electricity |
| emphys/o | to inflate |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| isch/o | to hold back; block |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe |
| my/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phren/o | daiphragm; mind |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | air; lung |
| pneumon/o | air; lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sept/o | septum |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spir/o | breathe |
| steth/o | chest |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel; vas deferns; duct |
| vascul/o | vessel (usually vessel or lymph) |
| ven/o | vein |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| eu- | good, normal |
| extra- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| peri- | around |
| tachy- | rapid |
| trans- | across, through |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide (co2) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | seperation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
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