Combining Form
Ox/o
Oxygen
-ema
Anosmia
Absence of the sense of smell
Laryngitis
Inflammation of the voice box
Pulmon/o
Lung
Chest
-pnea
Breathing
Laryngospasm
Contraction of the muscles of the larynx
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
Expiration
The expulsion of air from the lungs
Breathing
-ptysis
Spitting
Empyema
Pus in the pleural cavity
Tracheal stenosis
Pertaining to narrowing of the trachea
Cyan/o
Blue
Capn/o
Carbon dioxide
-osmia
Smell
Spirometer
Instrument to measure breathing
Tel/o
Complete
Mediastinoscopy
Visual examination of the mediastinum
Coni/o
Dust
-sphyxia
Pulse
Bronchiectasis
Dilation of bronchial tubes
Pneumoconiosis
Abnormal condition of dust in the lungs
Phren/o
Diaphragm