Chapter 12 Word Scramble
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Prefixes | meaning |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
bronch/o | bronchial tube |
bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
coni/o | dust |
cyan/o | blue |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
hydr/o | water |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe |
mediastin/o | mediastinum |
nas/o | nose |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight |
ox/o | oxygen |
pector/o | chest |
pharyng/o | throat (pharynx) |
phon/o | voice; sound |
phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | lung; air; gas |
pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
rhin/o | nose |
sinus/o | sinus |
spir/o | to breathe |
tel/o | complete |
thorac/o | chest |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea; windpipe |
-algia | pain |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-dynia | pain |
-ectasis | dilation; widening |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-ema | condition |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction |
-osmia | smell |
-oxia | oxygen |
-phonia | voice; sound |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
-scopy | visual examination |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stenosis | tightening; stricture |
-stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
-thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
a-, an- | no; not; without |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
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 |
per- | through |
re- | back; again; backward |
tachy- | fast |
-itis | inflammation |
-graph | recording instrument |
-meter | measurement or instrument that measures |
-metry | measurement of |
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