Respiratory System Combining Forms + Suffixes

adenoid/o

adenoids

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac

bronch/o

bronchial tube

bronchi/o

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

capn/o

carbon dioxide

coni/o

dust

cyan/o

blue

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

lob/o

lobe of the lung

mediastin/o

mediastinum

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight, upright

ox/o

oxygen

pector/o

chest

pharyg/o

pharynx, throat

phon/o

voice

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air, lung

pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus cavity

spir/o

breathing

tel/o

complete

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

-ema

condition

-osmia

smell

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-sphyxia

pulse

-thorax

pleural cavity, chest