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Combining Forms
Combining Form
Example (Pronunciation)
Meaning
Meaning of Example
aer/o
air
aerophagia (ˉar-oˉ-FA˘-jˉe-˘a)
eating or swallowing air
alveol/o
alveoli
alveolotomy
incision of the alveoli
(al-vˉe-o˘-LOT-oˉ-mˉe)
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anthracosis (˘an-thr˘a-KOˉ -s˘ıs) abnormal condition of coal (black lung)
bronch/o
bronchus
bronchogenic
created or produced in the bronchus
(bro˘ng-koˉ-JE˘N-˘ı k)
bronchi/o
bronchi
bronchiectasis
dilation or expansion of the bronchus
(bro˘ng-kˉe-E˘K-t˘a-s˘ıs)
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bronchiolitis
inflammation of the bronchiole
(bro˘ng-kˉe-oˉ-LˉI -t˘ıs)
carcin/o
cancer
carcinoma (k˘ar-s˘ı-NOˉ -m˘a)
cancerous tumor
chondr/o
cartilage
chondroplasty
surgical repair of the cartilage
(KO˘N-droˉ-pl˘as-tˉe)
coni/o
dust
coniosis (koˉ-nˉe-Oˉ -s˘ıs)
abnormal condition caused by
(inhalation of) dust
diaphragmat/o diaphragm diaphragmatocele
hernia of the diaphragm
(dˉı -˘a-fr˘ag-MA˘T-oˉ-sˉel)
epiglott/o
epiglottis
epiglottal (˘ep-˘ı-GLO˘T-˘al)
pertaining to the epiglottis
laryng/o
larynx
laryngomalacia
softening of the larynx tissues
(l˘ar-˘ı ng-goˉ-m˘a-LAˉ-shˉe-˘a)
lob/o
lobe
lobectomy (loˉ-BE˘K-toˉ-mˉe)
excision or surgical removal of a lobe
muc/o
mucus
mucoid (MUˉ-koyd)
resembling mucus
nas/o
nose
nasogastric (nˉa-zoˉ-GA˘S-tr˘ık) pertaining to the nose and stomach
rhin/o
nose
rhinedema (rˉı-n˘e-DEˉ -m˘a)
swelling of the nose
or/o
mouth,
oral (OR-˘al)
pertaining to the mouth
mouthlike opening
stomat/o
mouth
stomatic (stoˉ-MA˘T-˘ık)
pertaining to the mouth
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