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Respiratory MT
Mr. G. "Respiratory" Medical Terms - chapter 12 Chabner
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveol/o | air sac, alveolus |
| bronch/o | bronchial sac |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchus, bronchiole |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | upright, straight |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| phon/o | voice |
| phren/o | diaphram |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | cavity, sinus |
| spir/o | breathing |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea |
| -ema | condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -thorax | chest, pleura cavity |
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad; painful; abnormal; difficult |
| em- | in |
| eu- | good; normal |
| ex- | out; away from |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
| per- | through |
| re- | back: again; backward |
| tachy- | fast |