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Chapter 8: Respiratory System
Combining Form
Example (Pronunciation)
Meaning
Meaning of Example
orth/o
straight
orthopnea (or-THO˘P-nˉe-˘a)
breathing in the
straight position
ox/i
oxygen
oximeter (o˘k-S˘IM-˘e-t˘er)
measuring instrument for oxygen
ox/o
oxygen
anoxia (˘an-O˘K-sˉe-˘a)
condition of no oxygen
pharyng/o
pharynx
pharyngeal (f˘ar-˘IN-jˉe-˘al)
pertaining to the pharynx
phon/o
sound, voice phonograph (FOˉ -noˉ-gr˘af)
recording instrument for sound or voice
pleur/o
pleura
pleurodynia
pain of the pleura
(ploo-roˉ-D˘IN-ˉe-˘a)
pneum/o
lung, air
pneumonia (noo-MOˉ -nˉe-˘a)
condition of the lung
pneumon/o
lung
pneumonectomy
excision or surgical
(noo-mo˘n-E˘K-toˉ-mˉe)
removal of the lung
pulmon/o
lung
pulmonary (PU˘L-moˉ-n˘e-rˉe)
pertaining to the lung
sinus/o
sinus
sinusoid (SˉI-nu˘s-oyd)
resembling a sinus
spir/o
breathing
spirometer (spˉı-RO˘M-˘et-˘er)
measuring instrument for breathing
thorac/o
thorax
thoracentesis
surgical puncture of the thorax
Learning Tip Resist the temptation to skip over practice exercises. Completing them engages your visual and kinesthetic senses; verbalizing the terms while you read and write them engages your verbal and auditory senses. Most important, these activities utilize the learning strategy of retrieval practice, which pulls information from your head instead of trying to cram it all in!
(thoˉ-r˘a-s˘en-TEˉ-s˘ıs)
tonsill/o
tonsil
tonsillitis (to˘n-s˘ıl-ˉI-t˘ıs)
inflammation of the tonsil
trache/o
trachea
tracheostenosis
narrowing of the trachea
(trˉa-kˉe-oˉ-st˘en-Oˉ -s˘ıs)
ˉa = say, ˘a = sofa, eˉ = meet, e˘ = met, ˉı = eye, ˘ı = in, oˉ = oh, o˘ = dog, uˉ = you, u˘ = up, oo = food
IN A FLASH! Go to FADavis.com to print the Combining Forms Flash Cards for Chapter 8 and run through them at least three times before you continue. Utilize the spaced practice learning strategy by separating the flash cards on an ongoing basis by those terms you know well and those that need more frequent practice.
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