L11 CLAS 1030

spir-, spirat-

breathe

pneum-, pneumat-

air, gas

pneum-, pneumon-

lung

pulm-, pulmon-

lung, pulmonary artery

pne-

breathe

phys-

air, gas

-coccus

one spherical bacterium

-cocci

spherical bacteria (plural)

-cocc-

spherical bacateria

staphylococc-

spherical bacteria arranged in clusters

streptococc-

spherical bacteria arranged in twisted chains

bacill-

rod-shaped bacterium

bacter(i)-

bacterium

pharyng-

pharnyx, throat

laryng-

larnyx, voice box

trache-, trachy-

trachea, rough

bronch(i)-

bronchus, bronchial tube

bronchiol-

bronchiole

alveol-

alveoli, air sacs, sometimes dental sockets

thorac-

thorax, thoracic cavity, pleural cavity

-thorax

presence of substance in the pleural cavity

-lysis

seperation, breakdown, surgical seperation

-paresis

loss of muscle strength

-plegia

paralysis

-auxe, -auxis

abnormal increase in size

-megaly

enlargement

macr-

large, long

coni-

dust

anthrac-

coal

sider-

iron

capn-

carbon dioxide

carb-

carbon dioxide in respiratory

staphyl-

uvula, soft palate, clustered bacteria

amgdala

tonsils

tonsill-

tonsils

sudor-

sweat

hidr-

sweat

cocc-, coccyx-

occasionally tailbone

a-, an-

without, absene of

ox-, oxy-

oxygen

sphygm-

pulse

-meter

measuring instrument

-metry

process of measuring

-centesis

surgical puncture

-itis

inflammation

-ectasis

dilation, expansion