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Medical Terminology
Ch. 7 - The Respiratory System/ Combining forms & Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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nas/o | nose |
rhin/o | nose |
sept/o | septum |
sinus/o | sinus |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
bronchi/o | bronchus (plural of bronchus is bronchi) |
bronch/o | bronchus (plural of bronchus is bronchi) |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) (plural of alveolus is alveoli) |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | air, lung |
pneumon/o | air, lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
coni/o | dust |
cyan/o | blue |
lob/o | lobe |
orth/o | straight |
ox/i | oxygen |
ox/o | oxygen |
pector/o | chest |
steth/o | chest |
thorac/o | chest |
phen/o | diaphgram |
spir/o | breath |
-capnia | CO2 |
-osmia | smell |
-phonia | voice |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-thorax | chest |