Combining Forms, Chapter 12 Flashcards
adenoid/o
adenoids
lympathic tissue
adenoidectomy
alveol/o
alveolus
air sac
alveolar
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
bronchospasm, bronchiectasis
bronchiol/o
bronchiole, small bronchus
bronchiolitis
capn/o
carbon dioxide
hypercapnia
coni/o
dust
pneumoconiosis
epiglott/o
epiglottus
third division of the pharynx
epiglottitis
laryng/o
larynx, voice box
laryngospasm, laryngitis
lob/o
lobe of the lung
lobectomy
mediastin/o
mediastinum
region between the lungs and the chest cavity
mediastinoscopy
nas/o
nose
paranasal sinuses
orth/o
straight, upright
orthopnea
pector/o
chest
expectoration
pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
pharyngeal
phon/o
voice
dysphonia
phren/o
disphragm
phrenic nerve
pleur/o
pleura
pleurodynia
pheum/o
pneumon/o
air, lung
pneumothorax
pneumonectomy
pulmon/o
lung
pulmonary
sinus/o
sinus, cavity
spir/o
breathing
spirometer
tel/o
complete
atelectasis
thorac/o
chest
thoracotomy
tonsill/o
tonsils
tonsillectomy
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
tracheal stenosis
-ema
condition
empyema
-osmia
smell
anosmia
-pnea
breathing
dyspnea
-ptysis
spitting
hemoptysis
-sphyxia
pulse
asphyxia
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
pyothorax, hemothorax