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Chapter 5
Lungs, Blood
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| sept/o | septum (wall off fence) |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -ar -ary -eal | pertaining to |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -graphy | process of recording radiographic imaging |
| -algia | pain |
| -meter | instrument use to measure |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -metry | measurement |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| eu- | normal good |
| -gram | record; radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| son/o | sound |
| atel/o | imperfect; incomplete |
| a- an- | absence of; without |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| tom/o | to cut, section or slice |
| py/o | pus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| -thorax | chest; chest cavity |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle) |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -ectasis | stretching out; dilation; expansion |
| radi/o | x-rays; ionizing radiation |
| endo- | within |
| somn/o | sleep |
| phon/o | sound; voice |
| brochi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
| diaphragmat/o phren/o | diaphragm |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| orth/o | straight |
| pneum/o pneumat/o pneumon/o | lung; air |
| spir/o | breathing, breathe |
| muc/o | mucus |
| -scope | instrument use for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -tomy | cut into; incision |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| thorac/o | thorax; chest; chest cavity |
| poly- | many much |
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