Prefixes
Dys-
What is difficulty, painful, abnormal
-algia
What is pain
Pulm/o
what is the lung
rhin/o
what is the nose
what is "in the blood"
poly-
What means many, much?
-Pnea
What is Breathing
Spir/o
what is breathing
sinus/o
what is sinus
-plasty
what is surgical repair
hypo-
what is below normal/insufficient
-ectasis
What is stretching out, dilation, expansion
alveol/o
what is relating to the alveoli
Respir/o
What is breath, breathing
-scope
what is "instrument used for visual examination"
tachy
What is Abnormally fast
-Graphy
what is the process of recording
Pharyng/o
what is relating to the pharynx
py/o
what is pus
-spasm
What is sudden involuntary muscle contaction
Eu-
What is normal, good
-thorax
what is chest, chest cavity
capn/o
what is Carbon dioxide
somn/o
what is sleep
what is a creation of an artificial opening