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ch.8 table 8-4
medical assisting combining forms and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aer/o | air |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus (bronchi) |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobes |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding each lung) |
| pneum/o, pnemon/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus(es) |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| tonsill/o | tonsil(s) |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| -ptysis | to spit |