Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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alveol/o
A
alveolus
3
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bronch/i, bronch/o (Note: both i and o combining vowels are used with the root of bronch)
A
bronchus
4
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diaphragmat/o
A
diaphragm
5
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epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
6
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laryng/o
A
larynx
7
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lob/o
A
lobe
8
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nas/o, rhin/o
A
nose
9
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx
10
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pleur/o
A
pleura
11
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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
A
lung, air
12
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pulmon/o
A
lung
13
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sept/o
A
septum (all off, fence)
14
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sinus/o
A
sinus
15
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thrac/o
A
thorax (chest)
16
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tonsill/o (Note: tonsil has one l and the combining form has two ls)
A
tonsil
17
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trache/o
A
trachea
18
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atel/o
A
imperfect, incomplete
19
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capn/o
A
carbon dioxide
20
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hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
21
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muc/o
A
mucus
22
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orth/o
A
straight
23
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ox/o, ox/i (Note: the combining vowels o and i are used with the word root ox)
A
oxygen
24
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py/o
A
pus
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somn/o
sleep
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spir/o
breathe, breathing
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a-, an- (Note: an- is used when the word root begins with a vowel)
without or absence of
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endo- (Note: the prefix intra is introduced in Chapter 4, also means within)
within
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eu-
normal, good
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pan-
all, total
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poly-
many, much
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-algia
pain
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-ar, -ary, -eal
pertaining to
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-cele
hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)
36
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
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-emia
blood condition
38
-gram
record, x-ray image
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-graphy
process of recording, x-ray imaging
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-metry
measurement
42
-oxia
oxygen
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-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
44
-phonia
sound or voice
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-pnea
breathing
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-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood
47
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
48
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
49
-scopy
visual examination
50
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic contraction)
51
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
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-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
53
-thorax
chest
54
-tomy
cut into or incision
