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CWI med term Chapter 4 combining form
Question | Answer |
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alveol/o- | alveolus (air sac) |
aspir/o- | to breath in; to suck in |
asthm/o- | asthma |
auscult/o- | listening |
bronchi/o- | bronchus |
bronchiol/o- | bronchiole |
bronch/o- | bronchus |
capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
cost/o- | rib |
cyan/o- | blue |
diaphragmat/o- | diaphragm |
glott/o- | glottis (of the larynx) |
hal/o- | breathe |
hem/o- | blood |
laryng/o- | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o- | lobe of an organ |
mucos/o- | mucous membrane |
nas/o- | nose |
ox/i- | oxygen |
ox/o- | oxygen |
ox/y- | oxygen; quick |
pector/o- | chest |
pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
pleur/o- | pleura (lung membrane) |
pne/o- | breathing |
pneum/o- | lung; air |
pulmon/o- | lung |
pneumon/o- | lung; air |
py/o- | pus |
sept/o- | septum (dividing wall) |
spir/o- | breath; a coil |
thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; teubinate |
tuss/o- | cough |
trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
ventil/o- | movement of air |