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Combining Forms Practice Exercises
Combining Forms Practice Exercises
3. Word Building Using only the word parts in the lists provided, create medical terms to match the literal translations in the numbered list. Some of the terms have commonly used and more detailed medical definitions that may be different than the meaning of the combined word parts. Use a medical dictionary to determine if your terms are correct and to explore the commonly used meanings.
Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes -algia -genesis -eal -ar -rrhapy -stomy -stenosis
bronch/o carcin/o chondr/o coni/o laryng/o lob/o or/o pharyng/o
pleur/o pneum/o pneumon/o rhin/o sinus/o
-logy -ia -itis -plasty -pnea -tomy -lysis
tachy- brady- endo- peri-
thorac/o tonsill/o trache/o
1. rapid breathing
2. inflammation of the nose and trachea
3. abnormal condition of air
4. incision into a sinus
5. pertaining to beside or near the tonsil
6. mouthlike opening in the larynx
7. destruction of cartilage
8. pertaining to within the larynx
9. suture of a lung
10. slow breathing
11. pertaining to the mouth and trachea
12. narrowing or stricture of the nose
13. surgical incision of the thorax
14. condition of air in the pleura
15. inflammation of the pharynx and tonsils
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