Language of Medicine- Chapter 12: combining forms, suffixes, prefixes

adenoid/o

adenoids

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac

bronch/o

bronchial tube

bronchi/o

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiolo, small bronchus

capn/o

carbon dioxide

coni/o

dust

cyan/o

blue

epiglott/o

epiglottis

hydr/o

water

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

lob/o

lobe of the lung

mediastin/o

mediastinum

nas/o

nose

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight, upright

ox/o

oxygen

pector/o

chest

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

phon/o

voice

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air

pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus, cavity

spir/o

breathing

tel/o

complete

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

-algia

pain

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluids

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation; dilatation; widening

-ectomy

removal; excision; resection

-ema

condition

-lysis

breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

-osmia

smell

-oxia

oxygen

-phonia

voice; sound

-plasty

surgical repair

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhea

flow; discharge

-scopy

visual examination

-sphyxia

pulse

-stenosis

tightening; stricture

-stomy

new opening (to form a mouth)

-thorax

pleural cavity; chest

-tomy

process of cutting

-trophy

nourishment; development; condition of

a-, an-

no; not; without

brady-

slow

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

em-

in

eu-

good; normal; true

ex-

out; away from

hyper-

above; excessive

hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal

para-

near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side

per-

through

re-

back; again; backward

tachy-

fast