level: Building Terms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Building Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alveol/o | alveoli; air sacs |
| Bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| Bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| Capn/o | carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| Epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| Furc/o | forking; branching |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Glott/o | glottis |
| Hem/o | blood |
| Laryng/o | larynx; voice box |
| Lob/o | lobe |
| Mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| Nas/o | nose |
| Olfact/o | smelling |
| Ox/o | oxygen (O2) |
| Pector/o | chest |
| Pharyng/o | pharynx; throat |
| Phragm/o | wall |
| Pleur/o | pleura |
| Pneum/o | lung; air; gas |
| Py/o | pus |
| Sinus/o | sinus |
| Spir/o | to breathe; breathing |
| Tel/o | complete |
| Trache/o | trachea; windpipe |
| Tuss/i | cough |
| A-, An- | no; not; without |
| Anti- | against |
| Bi- | two; both |
| Brady- | slow |
| Dia- | through; complete |
| Dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| Hyper- | above; excessive; increased |
| Em- | in |
| Hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal; decreased |
| Meta- | change; beyond |
| Para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Trans- | across; through |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia | stretching; dilation; expansion |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -ema | condition |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lytic | to reduce; destroy; separate; breakdown |
| -meter | measure |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening; narrowing; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
| -tomy | incision; process of cutting into |
| Onc/o | tumor |