Chapter 12-Respiratory System Suffix, Combining Form
Terms
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- adenoid/o
- adenoids
- alveol/o
- alveolus, air sac
- broncho/o, bronchi/o
- bronchial tube, bronchus
- bronchiol/o
- bronchiole, small bronchus
- capn/o
- carbon dioxide
- coni/o
- dust
- cyan/o
- blue
- epiglott/o
- epiglottis
- laryng/o
- larynx, voice box
- lob/o
- lobe of the lung
- mediastin/o
- mediastinum
- nas/o
- nose
- orth/o
- straight, upright
- ox/o
- oxygen
- pector/o
- chest
- pharyng/o
- pharynx, throat
- phon/o
- voice
- phren/o
- diaphragm
- pleur/o
- pleura
- pneumo/o, pneumon/o
- air, lung
- pulmon/o
- lung
- rhin/o
- nose
- sinus/o
- sinus, cavity
- spir/o
- breathing
- tel/o
- complete
- thorac/o
- chest
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- trache/o
- trachea, windpipe
- -ema
- condition
- -osmia
- smell
- -pnea
- breathing
- -ptysis
- spitting
- -sphyxia
- pulse
- -thorax
- pleural cavity, chest