med terms for exam 2 Flashcards
a-
absence of, without
an-
absence of, without
dys-
abnormal, difficult, painful, labored
endo-
within, in
eu-
normal, good
hyper-
above, excessive
hypo-
below, incomplete
intra-
within, in
poly-
many, much
tachy-
fast, rapid
adenoid/o
adenoids
alveol/o
alveolus
atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
bronch/o
bronchus
capn/o
carbon dioxide
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
epiglott/o
epiglottis
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
laryng/o
larynx
lob/o
lobe
muc/o
mucus
nas/o
nose
orth/o
straight
ox/i
oxygen
pharyng/o
pharynx
phon/o
sound, voice
phren/o
diaphragm
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o
lung, air
pneumat/o
lung
pulmon/o
lung
py/o
pus
radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
respir/o
breath, breathing
rhin/o
nose
sept/o
septum
sinus/o
sinus
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
thorac/o
thorax, chest cavity
tom/o
to cut, section, slice
tonsill/o
tonsil
trache/o
trachea
-algia
pain
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-cele
hernia, protrusion
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
-eal
pertaining to
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expasion
-emia
in the blood
-gram
the record, radiographic image
-graph
instrument used to record
-graphy
process of recording, radiographic image
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
measurement
-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
-pnea
breathing
-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding