pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsils
ven/o
vein
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium
((bacteria plural)
-dynia
pain
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-graph
instument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-sclerosis
-hardening
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
develpment, nourishment
