Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Miscellaneous
Abbreviations
100
Larynx
What is layng/o?
100
a-, an-
What is absence of, without?
100
Cut into or incision
What is -tomy?
100
Pleuritis
What is the inflammation of the pleura?
100
OSA
What is obrstuctive sleep apnea?
200
Tonsill/o
What is the tonsils?
200
Many, much
What is poly-?
200
Rapid flow of blood
What is -rrhagia?
200
Serious cardiac disease associated with chronic lung disorders, such as emphysema
What is cor pulmonale?
200
Computed tomography
What is CT?
300
Diaphragm
What is phren/o or diaphragmat/o?
300
Fast, rapid
What is poly-?
300
-algia
What is pain?
300
Surgical repair of a bronchi
What is bronchoplasty?
300
VPS
What is ventilation-perfussion scanning?
400
Trache/o
What is the trachea?
400
Endo-
What is within?
400
-metry
What is measurement?
400
A measurement of breathing
What is spirometry?
400
SOB
What is shortness of breath?
500
Adenoids
What is adenoid/o?
500
Normal, good
What is eu-?
500
Constriction or narrowing
What is -stenosis?
500
A portable instument used to measure how fast air can be pushed out of the lung
What is peak flow meter?
500
Polysomnography
What is PSG?
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