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Side A ------ Side B
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

Side A ------ Side B
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