Chapter 7, Respiratory

Going over medical terms for the Respiratory system

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

aspir/o

removal

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

bol/o

to cast

bronch/o

bronchus

bronchi/o

bronchus

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

dilat/o

to enlarge, expand

epiglott/o

epiglottis (cartilage flap/gate over the larynx)

fibr/o

fibers

hem/o

blood

hist/o

histi/o

tissue

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lob/o

lobe of the lung

has/o

speech

has/o

speech

ox/o, ox/i

oxygen (2)

pharyng/o

pharynx

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o, pneumon/o

air, lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

resuscit/o

revive

rhin/o

nose

sinsus/o

sinus, cavity

spir/o

to breathe

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

tub/o-

tube

A-

Not

Anti-

Against, opposing

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

em-

in, into

endo-

in, within

epi-

upon

eu-

good, normal

hyper-

above

hypo-

insufficient

hypo-

under

in-

in

poly-

many, much, excessive

tachy-

rapid

-al,-ary,-ic,-ous,-tic

pertaining to

-ant

pertaining to

-ation

a process; being or having

-capnia

condition of carbon dioxide

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectasis

expansion

-ema

state of; condition

-emia (suffix)

blood

-gentic

producing

-ia

condition of

-ion

action

-ism

state of

-meter

measure

-metry

measurement

-or

person or thing that produces or does

-osmia

smell

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-stomy

new opening

-thorax

chest

-tomy

incision

Alveol/o

air sac