Define Terms Of Prefixes, Suffixes,Combining Forms From Webster's Flashcards

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anthrac/o- combining form: coal
apic/o- combining form: apex (tip)
atel/o- combining form: incomplete
brady- prefix: slow
bronch/o- combining form: bronchus
-centesis suffix: procedure to puncture
chron/o- combining form: time
cost/o-
combining form: rib
cyan/o-
combining form: blue
de- prefix: reversal of; without
dys- prefix: painful; difficult; abnormal
-ectasis
suffix: condition of dilation
-ema
suffix: condition
embol/o- combining form: embolus (occluding plug)
eu- prefix: normal; good
glott/o- combining form: glottis (of the larynx)
hal/o- combining form: breathe
inter-
prefix: between
laryng/o- combining form: larynx (voice box)
malign/o- combining form: intentionally causing harm; cancer
metabol/o- combining form: change; transformation
-meter suffix: instrument used to measure
orth/o- combining form: straight
-osis suffix: condition; abnormal condition; process
ox/y- combining form: oxygen; quick
pan- prefix: all
parenchym/o- combining form: parenchyma (functional cells of an organ)
pariet/o- combining form: wall of a cavity
paroxysm/o- combining form: sudden; sharp attack
pector/o-
combining form: chest
pharyng/o- combining form: pharynx (throat)
phil/o- combining form: attraction to; fondness for
pleur/o- combining form: pleura (lung membrane)
-pnea suffix: breathing
pneum/o- combining form: lung; air
-ptysis suffix: abnormal condition of coughing up
pulmon/o- combining form: lung
purul/o- combining form: pus
py/o- combining form: pus
sept/o- combining form: septum (dividing wall)
-spasm suffix: sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
spir/o- combining form: breathe; a coil
steth/o- combining form: chest
tachy- prefix: fast
thorac/o- combining form: thorax (chest)
trache/o- combining form: trachea (windpipe)
tract/o- combining form: pulling
turbin/o- combining form: scroll-like structure; turbinate
vir/o- combining form: virus