Prefix/Suffix
anti-
aganist
plasty
surgical repair
ox/i
oxygen
ENT
Ear Nose and Throat
emergency treatment given to patients when their breathing and heart stop
CPR
a-
without
-itis
inflammation
alveol/o
air sac
patent
open or unblocked
a life-threatening condition in babies
SIDS
-phonia
voice
-dynia
pain
pneum/o; pneumon/o
lung
medication is suspended in a mist to be inhaled
Aersol
a machine that breathes for a patient who is unable to breathe on his or her own
ventililator
-osmia
smell
-capnia
CO2
tuss/o
cough
antitussive
against cough
diagnostic tests is used to diagnose cystic fibrosis
sweat test
-ptysis
spitting
-pnea
breathing
coni/o
dust
pansinusitis
inflammation of all the sinuses
pyothorax
pus in the chest