Studied by 17 peoplebronch/o
bronchial tube
laryng/o
larynx, throat
nas/o
nose
ox/o
oxygen
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phon/o
sound
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o
lung, air
pulm/o
lung
sinus/o
sinus
somn/o
sleep
spir/o
to breathe
thorac/o
chest, pleural cavity
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
anter/o
before, front
caud/o
lower part of the body, tail
cephal/o
head
cyt/o
cell
end/o
in, within, inside
ex/o
out of, outside, away from
hist/o
tissue
-ologist
specialist
-ology
study of
path/o
disease
-plasia
development, growth, formation
poster/o
behind, toward the back
-stasis
control, maintenance at a constant level
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
arthr/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
-desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind
kyph/o
bent, hump
lord/o
curve, swayback bent
-lysis
destruction, loosening
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
curved, bent
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
bi-
twice, double, two
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
-ia
abnormal condition, disease
-ic
pertaining to
kines/o
movement
my/o
muscle
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhexis
rupture
tax/o
coordination, order
ten/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
ton/o
tone, stretching, tension
tri-
three
angi/o
blood or lymph vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
brady-
slow
cardi/o
heart
-crasia
a mixture or blending
-emia
blood, blood condition
erythr/o
red
hem/o
blood, relating to the blood
leuk/o
white
phleb/o
vein
tachy-
fast, rapid
thromb/o
clot
ven/o
veins
anti
against
carcin/o
cancerous
immun/o
immune, protection, safe
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic tissue
lymphaden/o
lymph gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
neo-
new, strange
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
onc/o
tumor
phag/o
eat, swallow
-plasm
formative material of cells
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
splen/o
spleen
-tic
pertaining to
tox/o
poison, poisonous
-algia
pain and suffering
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
-ectomy
surgical removal
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
-itis
inflammation
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy
surgical creation of an opening
-otomy
cutting into
-plasty
surgical repair
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