Combining Forms, Chapter 12

Question 1

adenoid/o

Answer 1

adenoids
lympathic tissue
adenoidectomy

Question 2

alveol/o

Answer 2

alveolus
air sac
alveolar

Question 3

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 3

bronchial tube, bronchus

bronchospasm, bronchiectasis

Question 4

bronchiol/o

Answer 4

bronchiole, small bronchus

bronchiolitis

Question 5

capn/o

Answer 5

carbon dioxide

hypercapnia

Question 6

coni/o

Answer 6

dust

pneumoconiosis

Question 7

epiglott/o

Answer 7

epiglottus
third division of the pharynx
epiglottitis

Question 8

laryng/o

Answer 8

larynx, voice box

laryngospasm, laryngitis

Question 9

lob/o

Answer 9

lobe of the lung

lobectomy

Question 10

mediastin/o

Answer 10

mediastinum
region between the lungs and the chest cavity
mediastinoscopy

Question 11

nas/o

Answer 11

nose

paranasal sinuses

Question 12

orth/o

Answer 12

straight, upright

orthopnea

Question 13

pector/o

Answer 13

chest

expectoration

Question 14

pharyng/o

Answer 14

pharynx, throat

pharyngeal

Question 15

phon/o

Answer 15

voice

dysphonia

Question 16

phren/o

Answer 16

disphragm

phrenic nerve

Question 17

pleur/o

Answer 17

pleura

pleurodynia

Question 18

pheum/o

pneumon/o

Answer 18

air, lung
pneumothorax
pneumonectomy

Question 19

pulmon/o

Answer 19

lung

pulmonary

Question 20

sinus/o

Answer 20

sinus, cavity

Question 21

spir/o

Answer 21

breathing

spirometer

Question 22

tel/o

Answer 22

complete

atelectasis

Question 23

thorac/o

Answer 23

chest

thoracotomy

Question 24

tonsill/o

Answer 24

tonsils

tonsillectomy

Question 25

trache/o

Answer 25

trachea, windpipe

tracheal stenosis

Question 26

-ema

Answer 26

condition

empyema

Question 27

-osmia

Answer 27

smell

anosmia

Question 28

-pnea

Answer 28

breathing

dyspnea

Question 29

-ptysis

Answer 29

spitting

hemoptysis

Question 30

-sphyxia

Answer 30

pulse

asphyxia

Question 31

-thorax

Answer 31

pleural cavity, chest

pyothorax, hemothorax