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

alveol/o

alveolus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

bronch/o

bronchus or bronchi

carcin/o

cancer

cyan/o

blue

epiglott/o

epiglottis

hem/o

blood

laryng/o

larynx

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

ox/o

oxygen

pector/o

chest

pharyng/o

pharynx

phon/o

sound

phren/o

mind, or diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pne/o

breathing

pneumon/o

lung or air

pneum/o

lung or air

pulmon/o

lungs

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus or sinus membranes

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

a-

not or without

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, painful, or difficult

em-

within

hyper-

excessive

hyp-

under or below

para-

near or beside

tachy-

rapid

-al

pertaining to

-capnia

condition of carbon dioxide in the blood

-ear

pathological condition

-ectasis

dilation or distention of a tubular structure

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-gen

formation or producing

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-scope

an instrument used to view