Medical terma quiz 4

a-

a-

no, not, without

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac, small sac

an-

pertaining to

anthrac/o

coal

atel/o

incomplete

-ation

process, condition

brady

slow

bronch/o

bronchial tube

-capnia

carbon dioxide

coni/o

dust

cost/o

rib

dia-

complete,through

dys

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

-ectasis

dilation, dilatory, widening

-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

hem/o

blood

hyper

above, excessive

hypo-

deficient, below, under, less than normal

in-

in, into, not

lent/ulent

full of

lobe

lobe, pod

meter

measure

nares

nostrils

orth/o

straight

-osis

condition; usually abnormal

-osmia

smell

ox/o

oxygen

pharyng/o

throat(pharynx)

phonia

voice, sound

phragm

fence

-plasty

surgical repair

pleur/o

pluero

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o

lung, air, gas

-ptysis

spitting

pulmon/o

lung

purul/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

-scope

instrument for visual examination

spir/o

to breathe

tachy-

fast

thorac/o

chest

-tomy

process of cutting

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)