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CH 4 Study Guide
CH 4 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
Term | Definition |
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aden/o- | gland |
alveoli/o- | coal |
arteri/o- | artery |
asbest/o- | asbestos |
aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in |
asthm/o- | asthma |
atel/o- | incomplete |
auscult/o- | listening |
bacteri/o- | bacterium |
bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
bronch/o- ; bronchi/o- | bronchus ; bronchus |
bronchiol/o- | bronchiole |
capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
carbox/y- | carbon monoxide |
carcin/o- | cancer |
cardi/o- | heart |
cellul/o- | cell |
chron/o- | time |
cocc/o- | spherical bacterium |
coni/o- | dust |
cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
cost/o- | rib |
cyan/o- | blue |
cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst |
diaphragmat/o- | diaphragm |
dilat/o- | dilate; widen |
effuse/o- | a pouring out |
embol/o- | embolus (occluding plug) |
fibr/o- | fiber |
fus/o- | pouring |
gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
glob/o- | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
glott/o- | glottis (of the larynx) |
hal/o- | breathe |
hem/o- | blood |
hil/o- | hilum (indentation in an organ) |
infect/o- | disease within |
laryng/o- | larynx (voice box) |
kal/i- | potassium |
lingu/o- | tongue |
lob/o- | lobe of an organ |
log/o- | word; the study of |
malign/o- | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
metabol/o- | change; transformation |
muc/o- | mucus |
nas/o- | nose |
obstruct/o- | blocked by a barrier |
or/o- | mouth |
orth/o- | straight |
ox/i- | oxygen |
ox/o- | oxygen |
ox/y- | oxygen; quick |
pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
paroxysm/o- | sudden, sharp attack |
pector/o- | thorax (chest) |
percuss/o- | tapping |
pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for |
phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
phys/o- | inflate; distend; grow |
pleur/o- | pleura (lung membrane) |
pne/o- | breathing |
pneum/o- | lung; air |
pneumon/o- | lung; air |
pulmon/o- | lung |
purul/o- | pus |
py/o | pus |
radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
resect/o- | to cut out; remove |
resuscit/o- | revive; raise up again |
sensiv/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
sept/o- | septum (dividing wall) |
spir/o- | breathe; a coil |
steth/o- | chest |
therap/o- | treatment |
thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
tract/o- | pulling |
tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
tuber/o- | nodule |
tub/o- | tube |
turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; turbinate |
tuss/o- | cough |
ventil/o- | movement of air |
vir/o- | virus |
viscer/o- | large internal organs |