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ch5 wordparts
Exploring Medical Language 8th edition ch5 wordparts(N.D.'s class)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoido | adenoids |
| alveolo | air sac |
| atelo | incomplete |
| bronchio | bronchus |
| broncho | bronchus |
| capno | carbon dioxide |
| diaphragmato | diaphragm |
| epiglotto | epiglottis |
| hemato | blood |
| hemo | blood |
| laryngo | voice box |
| lobo | lobe; section |
| muco | mucus |
| naso | nose |
| ortho | straight |
| oxi | oxygen |
| oxo | oxygen |
| pharyngo | throat |
| phono | sound or voice |
| pleuro | outer lining of the lung |
| pneumo | air |
| pneumono | lung |
| pulmono | lung |
| pyo | pus |
| rhino | nose |
| septo | septum |
| sinuso | sinus |
| spiro | breathe, breathing |
| thoraco | chest |
| tonsillo | tonsil |
| trachea | windpipe |
| a- | without or absence of |
| an- | without or absence of |
| endo- | within |
| eu- | normal, good |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many, much |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record, x-ray film |
| -graphy | process of recording, x-ray filming |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tomy | cut into or incision |