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Respiratory
prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brady | slow |
| endo | within, in |
| eu | normal, good |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| atel/o | imperfect, incomplete |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| laryng | larynx |
| lob/o | lobe |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| phayng/o | pharynx |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pneumat/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| radi/o | x-rays, ionizing radiation |
| respir/o | breath, breathing |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sept/o | septum |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| thorac/o | thorax, chest cavity |
| tom/o | to cut, section, slice |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| algia | pain |
| ar | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia, protrusion |
| centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| eal | pertianing to |
| ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| ectomy | excision, cut out |
| emia | in the blood |
| genic | producing, originating, causing |
| ia | condition, diseased state, abnormal state |
| ic | pertaining ti |
| logist | specialist or physician who studies and treats) |
| logy | study of |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| metry | measurment |
| oid | resembling |
| pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| pnea | breathing |
| ptysis | spitting coughing |
| rrhagia | rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| stomy | creation of an artificial opening |