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Chapter 5 Respiratory System
Medical Terminology word parts
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Undergraduate 1
05/04/2011
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Term
Thorax
 Definition
Chest (suffix)
Term
-stomy
 Definition
creation of an opening (suffix)
Term
-tomy
 Definition
cut into or incision (suffix)
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
alveolis (combining form)
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adenoid/o
 Definition
adenoids (combining form)
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bronchi/o, bronch/o
 Definition
bronchus (combining form)
Term
diaphragmat/o, phren/o
 Definition
diaphram (combining form)
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epiglott/o
 Definition
epiglottis (combining form)
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (combining form)
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lob/o
 Definition
lobe (combining form)
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nas/o, rhin/o
 Definition
nose (combining form)
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pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx (combining form)
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleura (combining form)
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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
 Definition
lung, air (combining form)
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sept/o
 Definition
septum (wall off, fence)(combining form)
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thorac/o
 Definition
thorax (combining form)
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea (combining form)
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lung (combining form)
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sinus/o
 Definition
sinus (combining form)
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil (combining form)
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atel/o
 Definition
imperfect, incomplete (combining form)
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capn/o
 Definition
carbon dioxide (combining form)
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood (combining form)
Term
muc/o
 Definition
mucus (combining form)
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orth/o
 Definition
straight (combining form)
Term
ox/o, ox/i
 Definition
oxygen (combining form)
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus (combining form)
Term
phono/o
 Definition
sound, voice (combining form)
Term
somn/o
 Definition
sleep (combining form)
Term
spir/o
 Definition
breathe, breathing (combining form)
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without or absence of (prefix)
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endo-
 Definition
within (prefix)
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eu-
 Definition
normal, good (prefix)
Term
pan-
 Definition
all, total (prefix)
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poly-
 Definition
many, much (prefix)
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast, rapid (prefix)
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain (suffix)
Term
-ar, -ary, -eal
 Definition
pertaining to (suffix)
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia or protrusion (suffix)
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (suffix)
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
stretching out, dilation, expansion (suffix)
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition (suffix)
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument to measure (suffix)
Term
-metry
 Definition
measurement (suffix)
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension (suffix)
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing (suffix)
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
rapid flow of blood (suffix
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument used for visual examination (suffix)
Term
-scopic
 Definition
pertaining to visual examination (suffix)
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination (suffix)
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-spasm
 Definition
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (suffix)
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
constriction or narrowing (suffix)
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