Module 10: Respiratory System Medical Terminology

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes related to the respiratory system from Module 10.

a-

absence of, without

an-

absence of, without

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal, labored

endo-

within, in

eu-

normal, good

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete

intra-

within, in

poly-

many, much

tachy-

fast, rapid

adenoid/o

adenoids

atel/o

imperfect, incomplete

bronchi/o; bronch/o

bronchus

capn/o

carbon dioxide

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

epiglott/o

epiglottis

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

laryng/o

larynx

lob/o

lobe

muc/o

mucus

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

ox/i

oxygen

pharyng/o

pharynx

phon/o

sound, voice

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o; pneumon/o

lung, air

pneumat/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

radi/o

x-rays, ionizing radiation

respir/o

breath, breathing

rhin/o

nose

sept/o

septum

sinus/o

sinus

somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

spir/o

breathe, breathing

thorac/o

thorax, chest cavity

tom/o

to cut, section, slice

tonsill/o

tonsil

trache/o

trachea

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

-eal

pertaining to

-ectasis

stretching out, dilation, expansion

-ectomy

excision, cut out

-emia

in the blood

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-gram

the record, radiographic image

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-ia

condition, diseased state, abnormal state

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-logist

specialist or physician who studies and treats

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

measurement

-oid

resembling

-pexy

surgical fixation, suspension

-plasty

surgical repair

-pnea

breathing

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

process of visually examining, visual examination

-spasm

sudden involuntary muscle contraction, spasmodic contraction

-stenosis

constriction, narrowing

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-thorax

chest, chest cavity

-tomy

cut into, incision

-tome

instrument used to cut