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HCP 102 PART 2
Term | Definition |
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bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
laryng/o | larynx, throat |
nas/o | nose |
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
phon/o | sound, voice |
pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
pnea | breathing |
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- | lung, air |
pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
sinus/o | sinus |
somn/o | sleep |
spir/o | to breathe |
thorac/o, -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
trache/o, trachea | windpipe |
an/o | anus, ring |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
-emesis | vomiting |
enter/o | small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach, belly |
hepat/o | liver |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-pepsia | digest, digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
rect/o | rectum, straight |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction,loosening |
nephr/o | kidney |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
-tripsy | to crush |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urination, urine |