Ch.5 Medterm

Front 1

Adenoid/o

Back 1

Adenoids

Front 2

Alveol/o

Back 2

Alveolus

Front 3

Bronchi/o, Bronch/o

Back 3

Bronchus

Front 4

Diaphragmat/o, Phren/o

Back 4

Diaphragm

Front 5

Epiglott/o

Back 5

Epiglottis

Front 6

Laryng/o

Back 6

Larynx

Front 7

Lob/o

Back 7

Lobe

Front 8

Nas/o, Rhin/o

Back 8

Nose

Front 9

Pharyng/o

Back 9

Pharynx

Front 10

Pleur/o

Back 10

Pleura

Front 11

Pneum/o, Pneumat/o, Pneumon/o

Back 11

Lung, Air

Front 12

Pulmon/o

Back 12

Lung

Front 13

Sept/o

Back 13

Septum

Front 14

Sinus/o

Back 14

Sinus

Front 15

Thorac/o

Back 15

Thorax, chest, chest cavity

Front 16

Tonsill/o

Back 16

Tonsil

Front 17

Trache/o

Back 17

Trachea

Front 18

Atel/o

Back 18

Imperfect, Incomplete

Front 19

Capn/o

Back 19

Carbon dioxide

Front 20

Hem/o, Hemat/o

Back 20

Blood

Front 21

Muc/o

Back 21

Mucus

Front 22

Orth/o

Back 22

Straight

Front 23

Ox/i

Back 23

Oxygen

Front 24

Phon/o

Back 24

Sound, Voice

Front 25

Py/o

Back 25

Pus

Front 26

Radi/o

Back 26

X rays, Ionizing radiation

Front 27

Somn/o

Back 27

Sleep

Front 28

Son/o

Back 28

Sound

Front 29

Spir/o

Back 29

Breathe, breathing

Front 30

Tom/o

Back 30

To Cut, Section, or Slice

Front 31

A-, An-

Back 31

Absence of, without

Front 32

Endo-

Back 32

Within

Front 33

Eu-

Back 33

Normal, good

Front 34

Poly-

Back 34

Many, Much

Front 35

Tachy-

Back 35

Fast, Rapid

Front 36

-Algia

Back 36

Pain

Front 37

-Ar, -Ary, -Eal

Back 37

Pertaining to

Front 38

-Cele

Back 38

Hernia or Protrusion

Front 39

-Centesis

Back 39

Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

Front 40

-Ectasis

Back 40

Stretching out, Dilatation, Expansion

Front 41

-Emia

Back 41

In the blood

Front 42

-Gram

Back 42

Record, Radiographic image

Front 43

-Graph

Back 43

Instrument used to record; record

Front 44

-Graphy

Back 44

Process of recording, Radiographic imaging

Front 45

-Meter

Back 45

Instruments used to measure

Front 46

-Metry

Back 46

Measurement

Front 47

-Pexy

Back 47

Surgical fixation, Suspension

Front 48

-Pnea

Back 48

Breathing

Front 49

-Rrhagia

Back 49

Rapid flow of blood

Front 50

-Scope

Back 50

Instrument used for visual examination

Front 51

-Scopic

Back 51

Pertaining to visual examination

Front 52

-Scopy

Back 52

Visual examination

Front 53

-Spasm

Back 53

Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

Front 54

-Stenosis

Back 54

Constriction or Narrowing

Front 55

-Stomy

Back 55

Creation of an artificial opening

Front 56

-Thorax

Back 56

Chest, Chest cavity

Front 57

-Tomy

Back 57

Cut into, incision