Medical Terminology Chapter 5 Vocab

-cele

hernia, protrustion (suffix)

-thorax

chest, chest cavity (suffix)

-tomy

cut into, incision (suffix)

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening (suffix)

bronchi/o

bronchus, bronchi (combining form)

coni/o

dust (combining form)

adenoid/o

adenoids (combining form)

atel/o

imperfect, incomplete (combining form)

alveol/o

alveolus, alveoli (combining form)

bronch/o

bronchus, bronchi (combining form)

capn/o

carbon dioxide (combining form)

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm (combining form)

epiglott/o

epiglottis (combining form)

laryng/o

larynx (combining form)

mediastin/o

mediastinum (combining form)

nas/o

nose (combining form)

muc/o

mucus (combining form)

orth/o

straight (combining form)

lob/o

lobe(s); combining form

hem/o

blood (combining form)

pulmon/o

lung (combining form)

pneum/o

lung, air (combining form)

phon/o

sound, voice (combining form)

ox/i

oxygen (combining form)

pharyng/o

pharynx (combining form)

pleur/o

pleura (combining form)

pneumon/o

lung, air (combining form)

py/o

pus (combining form)

-scopy

visual examination (suffix)

-stenosis

constriction, narrowing (suffix)

-ptysis

spitting, coughing (suffix)

-scope

instrument used for visual examination (suffix)

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (suffix)

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination (suffix)

-rrhagia

excessive bleeding (suffix)

-pnea

breathing (suffix)

tonsill/o

tonsils (combining form)

spir/o

breathe, breathing (combining form)

sinus/o

sinuses (combining form)

rhin/o

nose (combining form)

trache/o

trachea (combining form)

thorac/o

thorax, chest, chest cavity (combining form)

somn/o

sleep (combining form)

sept/o

septum (combining form)

-meter

instrument used to measure (suffix)

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal (suffix)

-eal

pertaining to (suffix)

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid w/ sterile needle (suffix)

-metry

measurement (suffix)

-emia

in the blood (suffix)

-ectasis

stretching out, dilation, expansion (suffix)

-desis

surgical fixation, fusion (suffix)

eu-

normal, good (prefix)

tachy-

fast, rapid (prefix)

a-, an-

absence of, without (prefix)

-ary

pertaining to (suffix)

endo-

within (prefix)

poly-

many, much (prefix)

-ar

pertaining to (suffix)