Pre-fix | Suffix | Suffix pt.2 | respiratory system combining forms | combining forms used with respiratory terms |
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What is -a, -an
what is, the absence of without ?
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What is -al,-ar,-ary,-eal,-ous
What is pertaining to? (list 5)
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What is emia
What is in the blood?
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What is nas/o
What is, nose?
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What is atel/o
What is imperfect / incomplete?
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What is endo
what is, within?
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What is cele
What is hernia / protrusion?
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What is pnea
What is breathing?
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What is pneum/o
what is, lung / air?
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What is coni/o
What is dust?
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What is Eu
What is, normal / good?
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What is centesis
What is surgical puncture to aspirate fluid?
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What is rrhagia
What is excessive bleeding?
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What is pneumon/o
What is, lung / air?
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What is myc/o
What is fungus?
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What is poly
what is, many / much?
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What is Desis
What is surgical fixation / fusion ?
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stenosis
What is constriction or narrowing?
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What is pulmon/o
What is lung?
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What is orth/o
What is straight?
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What is tachy
what is, fast / rapid?
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What is ectasis
What is stretching out / dilation/ expansion?
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What is tomy
What is cut into / incision?
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What is rhin/o
What is nose?
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What is spir/o
What is breathe/ breathing?
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