prefixes, suffixes, combining forms (4,5) Flashcards by Angelica Arriola

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sinus

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sinus/o

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nose

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nas/o

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tonsil

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tonsill/o

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epiglottis

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epiglott/o

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larynx

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laryng/o

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trachea

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trache/o

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pleura

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pleur/o

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lobe

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lob/o

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diaphragm

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diapragmat/o

phren/o

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adenoids

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adenoid/o

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pharynx

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pharyng/o

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lung

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pneum/o
pneumat/o
pneumon/o

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thorax, chest, chest cavity

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thorac/o

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bronchus

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bronch/o

bronchi/o

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alveolus

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alveol/o

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atel/o

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imperfect, incomplete

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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muc/o

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mucus

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/i

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oxygen

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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py/o

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pus

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radi/o

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x-rays, ionizing radiation

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somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

spir/o

breathe, breathing

tom/o

to cut, section, or slice

a-, an-

absence of, without

endo-

within

eu-

normal, good

poly-

many, much

tachy-

fast, rapid

-algia

pain

-ar, -ary, -eal

pertaining to

-cele

hernia or protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

-ectasis

stretching out, dilation, expansion

-emia

in the blood

-gram

the record, radiographic image

-graph

instrument used to record; the record

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

measurement

-pexy

surgical fixation, suspension

-pnea

breathing

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

constriction or narrowing

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-thorax

chest, chest cavity

-tomy

cut into, incision

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

coni/o

dust

crypt/o

hidden

heter/o

other

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

pachy/o

thick

rhytid/o

wrinkles

staphyl/o

grape-like clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

xer/o

dry

epi-

on, over

intra-

within

para-

beside, beyond, around, abnormal

per-

through

sub-

under, below

trans-

through, across, beyond

-coccus

berry-shaped

-ectomy

excision or surgical removal

-ia

diseased or abnormal state, condition of

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-opsy

view of, viewing

-phagia

eating or swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-tome

instrument used to cut

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

horny tissue

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

seb/o

sebum (oil)