Chapter 4 Combining Forms

alveol/o-

alveolus (air sac)

aspir/o-

to breathe in; to suck in

asthm/o-

asthma

auscult/o-

listening

bronchiol/o-

bronchiole

bronch/o-

bronchus

capn/o-

carbon dioxide

cost/o-

rib

cyan/o-

blue

diaphrogmat/o-

diaphragm

glott/o-

glottis (of the larynx)

hal/o-

breathe

hem/o-

blood

laryng/o-

larynx (voice box)

lob/o-

lobe of an organ

mucos/o-

mucous membrane

nas/o-

nose

ox/i-

oxygen

ox/o-

oxygen

ox/y-

oxygen; quick

pector/o-

chest

pharyng/o-

pharynx (throat)

phren/o-

diaphragm; mind

pleur/o-

pleura (lung membrane)

pne/o-

breathing

pneum/o-

lung; air

pneumon/o-

lung; air

pulmon/o-

lung

py/o-

pus

sept/o-

septum (dividing wall)

spir/o-

breathe; a coil

thorac/o-

thorax (chest)

tubercul/o-

nodule; tuberculosis

turbin/o-

scroll-like structure; turbinate

tuss/o-

cough

trache/o-

trachea (windpipe)

ventil/o-

movement of air