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LOFM Chapter 12

The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition

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adenoid/o adenoids (lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx; pharyngeal tonsils)
alveol/o alveolu, air sac (in the lung)
bronch/o bronchi/o bronchial tube, bronchus
bronchiol/o bronchiole, small bronchus
capn/o carbon dioxide
coni/o dust
cyan/o blue
epiglott/o epiglottis(lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing)
laryng/o larynx, voice box
lob/o lobe of the lung
mediastin/o mediastinum (region between the lungs in the chest cavity)
nas/o nose
orth/o straight, upright
ox/o oxygen
pector/o chest
pharyng/o pharynx, throat
phon/o voice
phren/o diaphragm (muscle separating the chest and abdomen. It conatracts and relaxes to make breathing possible)
pleur/o pleura (double-folded membrane surrounding each lung)
pneum/o pneumon/o air, lung
pulmon/o lung
rhin/o nose
sinus/o sinus, cavity
spir/o breathing
tel/o complete
thorac/o chest
tonsill/o tonsils
trache/o trachea, windpipe
-ema condition
-osmia smell
-pnea breathing
-ptysis spitting
-sphyxia pulse
-thorax pleural cavity, chest
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