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Respitory System.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| aspir/o, aspirat/o | inhaling, removal |
| blenn/o | mucus |
| brachy- | short |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| -capnia, capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| lal/o, -lalia | speech, babble |
| lampr/o | clear |
| larying/o | larynx |
| lept/o | slender, thin, delicate |
| lob/o | lobe |
| mediastic/o | mediastinum |
| mogi- | difficult |
| nas/o | nose |
| osm/o, -osmia | sense of smell, odor, impulse |
| osphresi/o, -osphresia | sense of smell, odor |
| ox/o, -oxia | oxygen |
| -pagus | conjoined twins |
| pector/o | chest |
| phas/o, -phasia | speech |
| phon/o, -phonia | voice, sound |
| phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
| pimel/o | fat, fatty |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -pnea | breathe |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| respir/o, respirat/o | breathe, breathing |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sept/o | partition |
| silic/o | silica, quartz |
| sinus/o | cavity, sinus |
| span/o | scanty, scarce |
| spir/o | breathe |
| steth/o | chest |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| traumat/o | trauma, injury, wound |
| xen/o | strange, foreign |