Combining forms Chapter 4 Flashcards by Esther Nieves

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alveol/o-

A

alveolus (air sac)

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aspir/o-

A

to breathe in; to suck in

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asthm/o-

A

asthma

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auscult/o-

A

listening

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bronchi/o-

A

bronchus

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bronchiol/o-

A

bronchiole

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bronch/o-

A

bronchus

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cost/o-

A

rib

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cyan/o-

A

blue

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diaphragmat/o-

A

diaphragm

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effuse/o-

A

a pouring out

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glott/o-

A

glottis (of the larynx)

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hal/o-

A

breathe

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hem/o-

A

blood

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laryng/o-

A

larynx (voice box)

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lob/o-

A

lobe of an organ

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muc/o-

A

mucus

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mucos/o-

A

mucous membrane

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nas/o-

A

nose

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ox/i-

A

oxygen

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ox/o-

A

oxygen

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ox/y-

A

oxygen; quick

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pariet/o-

A

wall of the cavity

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pector/o-

A

chest

percuss/o-

tapping

pharyng/o-

pharynx (throat)

phren/o-

diaphragm; mind

pleur/o-

pleura (lung membrane)

pne/o-

breathe; breathing

pneum/o-

lung; air

pneumon/o-

lung; air

pulmon/o-

lung

resuscit/o-

revive; rise up again

spir/o-

breathe; a coil

steth/o-

chest

thorac/o-

thorax (chest)

tub/o-

tube

tubercul/o-

nodule; tuberculosis

tuss/o-

cough

trache/o-

trachea (windpipe)

ventil/o-

movement of air

viscer/o-

large internal organs

spir/o- hal/o- pne/o-

breathe; breathing

thorac/o- steth/o- pector/o-

chest

pneum/o- pneumon/o- pulmon/o-

lung