Prefixes
Without, not
A-,An-
Hydr/o
Water
Pertaining to
-al
Atelectasis
Incomplete dilation
nas/o
Nose
Neo-
New
Trache/o
Trachea, windpipe
-cele
Hernia or Swelling
Bronchoscopy
Broncous examination
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
Macro-
Large
Adenoids
Adenoid/o
-therapy
Treatment
Hypoxemia
Low blood oxygen
Pleur/o
Pleura
Good, normal
Eu-
Cancer
Cracin/o
-pnea
Pyothorax
Chest pus
Thorac/o
Chest
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult
Atel/o
Incomplete
-rrhaphy
Sutrure
Spirometry
Respiration measurement
Pulmon/o
Lung