Word Roots
adenoids
adenoid/o
pain
-algia
true, good, normal
eu-
CO2
carbon dioxide
-brady
air
aer/o
eating
-phagia
painful, bad, difficult
dys-
O2
Oxygen
puncture
-centesis
water
hydr/o
fear
-phobia
pain
-dynia
URI
Upper respiratory infection
black
melan/o
new
ne/o
involuntary muscular contraction
-spasm
dilatation, or stretching
-ectasis; ectasia
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
rapid
-tachy
pertaining to oxygen
ox/i
cutting instrument
-tome
breathing
-pena
TB
Tuberculosis
AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome