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HCP 102 PART 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| laryng/o | larynx, throat |
| nas/o | nose |
| ox/I, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- | lung, air |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| thorac/o, -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| trache/o, trachea | windpipe |
| an/o | Anus, ring |
| Chol/e | Bile,gall |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Col/o, colon/o | Colon, large intestine |
| -Emesis | Vomiting |
| Enter/o | Small intestine |
| Esophag/o | Esophagus |
| Gastr/o | Stomach, belly |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| -lithiasis | Presence of stones |
| -pepsia | Digest, digestion |
| -Phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| Proct/o | Anus and rectum |
| Rect/o | Rectum, straight |
| Sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urination, urine |