Ch 13 Components Flashcards
1
Q
alveol/o
A
Air sac
2
Q
Lob/o
A
Lobe
3
Q
Cyan/o
A
Blue
4
Q
-ptysis
A
To spit
5
Q
ventil/o
A
Wind
6
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
7
Q
brady-
A
Slow
8
Q
constrict/o
A
Narrow
9
Q
-tic
A
Pertaining to
10
Q
-thorax
A
Chest
11
Q
dys-
A
Bad, painful, difficult
12
Q
-ism
A
Condition
13
Q
-al
A
Pertaining to
14
Q
Embol/o
A
A plug
15
Q
hem/o
A
Blood
16
Q
Trache/o
A
Windpipe
17
Q
Peri-
A
Around
18
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
19
Q
Cyst/o
A
Sac, bladder
20
Q
Pneumon/o
A
Lung, air
21
Q
-plasty
A
Surgical repair
22
Q
In-
A
In, not
23
Q
Re-
A
Again, back, backward
24
Q
-um
A
Structure
25
-itic
Pertaining to
26
tachy-
Fast
27
Hyper-
Excessive, above
28
-ation
Condition, process
29
stin/o
Partition
30
Tonsill/o
Tonsil
31
hale
Breathe
32
33
inter-
Between
34
Ox/o
Oxygen
35
Lyt/o
Loosen, dissolve, separate
36
Plumon/o
Lung
37
-ary
Pertaining to
38
Tubercul/o
Nodule
39
ex-
Out
40
-ole
Small
41
Poly-
Much, many
42
Eu-
Normal, good
43
Purul/o
Pus
44
Pleur/o
Lining of lung
45
Capn/o
Carbon dioxide
46
Thorac/o
Chest
47
Thromb/o
Clot
48
-or
One who
49
Media-
Middle
50
Bronchi/o
Breathing tube
51
Spir/o
Breathing, to breath (“s” is dropped after an “x” into pir/o)
52
pir/o
Breathing, to breath (after an x)
53
Tom/o
To cut, to section
54
Pharyng/o
Throat
55
Bronch/o
Breathing tube
56
aden/o
Gland
57
-metry
Process of measuring
58
-exctomy
Excision
59
Anthrac/o
Coal
60
Pnea
Breathing, to breath
61
Sinus/o
Sinus, cavity
62
-scopy
Process of viewing
63
son/o
Sound
64
Dilat/o
Expand
65
Py/o
Pus
66
-tomy
Incision
67
-stomy
New opening
68
Pector/o
Chest
69
coni/o
Dust
70
endo-
Within
71
Pariet/o
Wall
72
Sarc/o
Flesh
73
Voc/o
Voice
74
-osis
Condition
75
-extasis
Dilation
76
Pneum/o
Lung, air
77
Laryng/o
Voice box
78
Ultra-
Beyond
79
-ent
Pertaining to, forming
80
-graphy
Process of recording
81
Phon/o
Voice
82
-meter
Instrument to measure
83
Or/o
Mouth
84
-ia
Condition
85
-ate
Composed of
86
Hyp(o)-
Deficient, below (the “o” is dropped if the root begins with an “o”)
87
