From Textbook (Treatment Medical Terminology) - Unit 8: The Respiratory System

bronch/o-

bronchus

cardi/o-

heart

laryng/o-

larynx; voice box

lob/o-

lobe of an organ

nas/o-

nose

percuss/o-

tapping

pneumon/o-

air; lung

pulmon/o-

lung

resect/o-

cut out; remove

resuscit/o-

raise up again; revive

spir/o-

breathe; coil

steth/o-

chest

thorac/o-

chest; thorax

trache/o-

trachea; windpipe

tub/o-

tube

ventil/o-

movement of air

endo-

innermost; within

in-

in; not; within

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

-al

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ation

being; having; process

-ator

person who does; person who produces; thing that does; thing that produces

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ion

action; condition

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-stomy

surgically created opening

-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision