Prefixes and Suffixes & Combinding words related to the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

alveo/o

alveolus

bronch/o

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

capn/o

carbon dioxide

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

larynx

lob/o

lobe of the lung

mediastin/o

mediastinum

nas/o

nose

or/o

mouth

ox/o

oxygen

pharyng/o

pharynx

phon/o

voice, sound

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air

rhin/o

nose

spir/o

breathing

steth/o

chest

thorac/o

thorax

brady-

slow

endo-

inner

epi-

upon

myo-

muscle

peri-

around

sclero-

hard

tachy-

fast

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-manometer

instrument to measure blood pressure

-megaly

enlargement

-stenosis

narrowing

-tension

pressure

a-

without (apnea)

eu-

normal (eupnea)

dys-

painful (dyspnea)

hyper-

abundant (hyperpnea)

olig-

few (oligopnea)

orth/o-

straight (orthopnea)

2. tachy-

fast (tachypnea)

-ectasis

expansion

-dynia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture

-edema

swelling

-itis

inflammation

-otomy

incision

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhagia

bleeding

-rrhea

flow

-scopy

examine