respiratory system terms

type shi

Aer/o

air

Alveol/o

alveolus

Atel/o

incomplete

Bronchi/o

bronchu, bronchi

Cortic/o

outer layer

Hist/o

tissue

Laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

Lob/o

lobe of the lung

Muc/o

mucus

Nas/o, Rhin/o

nose

Ox/o

Oxygen

Pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

Phren/o

diaphragm

Pneumon/o

lung

Py/o

pus

Sinus/o

sinus

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

spir/o

breathing

-ectasis

dilation, streching

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-rrhage

excessive flow

-megaly

enlargement

-ology

study of

-rrhea

abnormal flow

-ectomy

surgical removal

-oxia

Oxygen (like a breathing condition)

myc/o

fungus

pleur/o

pleura

poly-

many