Combining Forms Word Scramble
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| Prefix | Combing Form | Definition | Suffix | Definition | Medical Meaning |
| pulmon/o | lung | -logy | study of | pulmonology; study of the lungs | |
| nas/o- | nose | -al | pertaining to | nasal; pertaining to the nose | |
| atel/o- | incomplete | -ectasis | condition of dilation | atelectasis; collapse of all or part of the lung | |
| hem/o- | blood | -thorax | chest, thorax | hemothorax; blood in the thoracic cavity, usually due to trauma. | |
| brady-slow | -pnea | breathing | bradypnea; abnormally slow rate of breathing due to brain damage or chemical imbalance in the blood. | ||
| tachy- fast | -pnea | tachypnea; abnormally fast rate of breathing due to lung disease. | |||
| an- without | ox/o- | oxygen | -ia | condition | anoxia; complete lack or severely decreased level of oxygen in arterial blood and body tissues |
| thorac/o- | chest, thorax | -centesis | procedure to puncture | ThoracentesisNeedle inserted into the thoracic cavity to remove fluid from the pleural space; done to treat pleural effusion or obtain fluid samples. |
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