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MTCp12 CFSABB
MedTemCp12 Combing Forms, Suffixes, Abbretions
| CFSABB | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Adeniod/o | adenoids |
| Alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
| Bronch/o, bronchi/o | vronchial tube, bronchus |
| Capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| Coni/o | dust |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Epiflott/o | epiglottis |
| Lob/o | lobe of lung |
| Mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| Nas/o | nose |
| Orth/o | stright, upright |
| -pnea | breeathing |
| Para- | near |
| Pector/o | chest |
| Phon/o | voice |
| Phren/o | diaphragm |
| Pleur/o | pleura |
| Pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| Effusion | escape of fluid from blood vessels or lyphatics ino a cavity or into tissue spaces. |
| -dynia | pain |
| -thorax | chest |
| Sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| Spir/o | breathing |
| Tel/o | complete |
| Thorac/o | chest |
| -ectasis | Incomplete expanison of the lung |
| -ema | condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | sspitting |
| -sphyxia | pluse |
| -thoraz | pleura cavity, chest |
| Dys- (Not pain) | abnormal |
| Em- | in |
| -denis | bind |
| CO² | Carbon dioxide |
| O² | Oxygen |
| COPD | Chornic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CPR | ChardioPulmonary Resuscitation |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| RDS | Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| RUL | Right Upper Lobe Of lung |
| SOA | Shortness Of Air |
| SOB | Shortness Of Breath |
| Tb | TuBerculosis |