Combining forms
Nas/o
Rhin/o
Nose
tachy-
Fast, rapid
-scope
instrument for visual exam
UA
Urinaslysis
Dysuria
Painful urine
Glyc/o
Glycos/o
Sugar
poly-
many, much
-rrhagia
CO2
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Polyuria
Much urine
Lith/o
Stone, Calculus
eu-
normal, good
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nocturia
Voluntary night urination
Tom/o
cut, section
endo-
Within
-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separate
ABG
Arterial Blood Gases
Bronchodilator
Widening of bronchi
Glomerul/o
Meaning?
Glomerulus
Ball of capillaries
a-
an-
when to use each?
without or absence of
an- when the word root begins with a vowel
-rrhaphy
suturing, repairing
KUB
Kidney, ureter, bladder
Aspirate
to withdraw fluid or suction fluid