Chapter 4 Combining Forms Flashcards
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spir/o
A
breathe; coi
2
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cardi/o
A
heart
3
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pulmon/o
A
lung
4
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nas/p
A
nose
5
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cav/o
A
hollow space
6
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sept/o
A
dividing wall; septum
7
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turbin/o
A
scroll-like structure
8
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muc/o
A
mucus
9
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx; throat
10
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or/o
A
mouth
11
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laryng/o
A
larynx; voice box
12
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glott/o
A
glottis of the larynx
13
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trache/o
A
trachea; windpipe
14
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bronchi/o
A
bronchiole
15
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bronch/o
A
bronchus
16
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lob/o
A
lobe of an organ
17
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hil/o
A
indentation
18
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alveol/o
A
air sac
19
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thorac/o
A
chest; thorax
20
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pleur/o
A
lung membrane
21
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viscer/o
A
large internal organs
22
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pariet/o
A
wall of a cavity
23
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phren/o
A
diaphragm; mind
24
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hal/o
A
breathe
25
cost/o
rib
26
pne/o
breathing
27
ventil/o
air movement
28
ox/i
oxygen
29
ox/o
oxygen
30
ox/y
oxygen; quick
31
capn/o
carbon dioxide
32
hem/o
blood
33
glob/o
comprehensive; shaped like a globe
34
cellul/o
cell
35
metabol/o
transformation
36
sept/o
dividing wall; septum
37
pneum/o
air; lung
38
pneumon/o
air; lung
39
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
40
pariet/o
wall of a cavity
41
pector/o
chest
42
steth/o
chest
43
infect/o
disease within
44
asthm/o
asthma
45
tract/o
pulling
46
atel/o
incomplete
47
chron/o
time
48
obstruct/o
blocked by a barrier
49
phys/o
distend; grow; inflate
50
cyst/o
bladder; fluid filled sac; semisolid cyst
51
fibr/o
fiber
52
py/o
pus
53
purul/o
pus
54
phil/o
attraction to; fondness for
55
cancer/o
cancer
56
malign/o
cancer
57
aden/o
gland
58
carcin/o
cancer
59
gen/o
arising from; produced by
60
anthrac/o
coal
61
asbest/o
asbestos
62
coni/o
dust
63
aspir/o
breathe in; suck in
64
cocc/o
spherical bacterium
65
opportun/o
taking advantage of an opportunity; well times
66
embol/o
embolus; occluding plug
67
tubercul/o
nodule
68
lat/o
dormant; hidden
69
tuber/o
nodule
70
hem/o
blood
71
effus/o
pouring out
72
pne/o
breathing
73
obstruct/o
blocked by a barrier
74
orth/o
straight
75
cyan/o
blue
76
arteri/o
artery
77
carbox/y
carbon monoxide
78
somn/o
sleep
79
radi/o
forearm bone; radius; x-rays
80
tom/o
cut; layer; slice
81
fus/o
pouring
82
auscult/o
listening
83
percuss/o
tapping
84
resuscit/o
raise up again; revive
85
end/o
innermost; withing
86
tub/o
tube
87
nebul/o
mist
88
bi/o
living organism; living tissue
89
tuss/o
cough
90
vir/o
virus
91
dilat/o
dilate; widen
92
cortic/o
cortex; outer region
93
resect/o
cut out; remove
