Lesson 3 word parts

-al, -ous

partaining to

-ary, -eal

pertaining to

-centesis

surgical punture to remove fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-gram

record, radiographic image

-graphy

precess of recording, radiographic

-ia

diseased state, condition of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-meter

instrument used to measure

-pnea

breathing

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood, exessive bleeding

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

creation of an artifical opening

-thorax

chest, chest cavity

-tomy

cut into, incision

a-, an-

absence of, without

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

endo-

within

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, deficient, under

poly-

many, much

Bronch/o

bronchus

Capn/o

carbon dioxde

Laryng/o

larynx

Muc/o

Mucus

Nas/o

nose

Ox/i

Oxygen

Pharyng/o

pharynx

Pneum/o

lung, air

Pneumon/o

lung, air

Pulmon/o

lung

Rhin/o

nose

Sinus/o

sinuses

somn/o

sleep

Spir/o

breathing

Thorac/o

thorax

Trache/o

trachea