med terms - respiratory terms pre's and suff's

adenoid/

adenoid

alveol/

alveolus or alveoli

bronch/. or bronchi/

bronchus or bronchi

diaphragm/

diaphragm

epiglott/

epiglottis

laryng/

larynx

lob/

lobe

atel/o

imperfect/incomplete

capn/

carbon dioxide

carcin/

cancer

coni/

dust

muc/

mucus

myc/

fungus

orth/

straight

ox/

oxygen

phon/

sound

py/

pus

somn/

sleep

spir/

breathing

sinus

sinus(es)

throac/

thorax

tonsill/

tonsils

trache/

trachea

a-

absence of

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult

end-

within

hyper-

above or excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete, deficient

intra-

within

neo-

new

poly-

many

tachy-

fast

-al

pertaining to

-ar, -ary

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

constriction or narrowing

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-tomy

cut or incision