Combining Form
Disease and Disorders
Complementary
Medical Terms
Complementary Terms Not Built from Word parts
100
Oxygen
What is ox/o?
100
Abnormal condition of dust in the lungs.
What is pneumoconiosis?
100
condition of absence of carbon dioxide
What is acapnia?
100
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the chest cavity.
What is thoracocentesis?
100
mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi and trachea expelled through the mouth.
What is sputum?
200
Carbon Dioxide
What is Capn/O?
200
Narrowing of the trachea
What is tracheostenosis?
200
pertaining to within the pleura.
What is intrapleural?
200
Incision into the (nasal) septum
What is septotomy?
200
open, the opposite of closed or compromised, allowing passage of air, as in patent trachea and bronchi
What is patent?
300
Imperfect, incomplete
What is atel/o?
300
Inflammation of the tonsils
What is tonsillitis?
300
rapid breathing
What is tachypnea?
300
surgical fixation of the pleura.
What is pleuropexy?
300
containing both mucus and pus
What is mucopurulent?
400
To cut, section, or slice
What is tom/o?
400
diseased state of the lung. Pertaining to the lobe(s)
What is lobar pneumonia?
400
condition of deficient oxygen.
What is hypoxia?
400
Excision of the adenoids.
What is adenoidectomy?
400
discontinuous sounds heard primarily with a stethoscope during inspiration that resemble the sound of the rustling of cellophane.
What is crackles?
500
breathe, breathing
What is spir/o?
500
hernia of the diaphragm
What is diaphragmatocele?
500
resembling mucus.
What is mucoid?
500
excision of a lung.
What is pneumonectomy?
500
harsh, high-pitched breath sound heard on inspiration.
What is stridor?
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