Medical Terminology Ch. 9 Word Roots

4 September 2022
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alveol/o
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air sac, alveolus
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bronch/o
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airway, bronchus
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lob/o
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a rounded part, lobe
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muc/o
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mucus
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nas/o
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nose
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ox/i
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oxygen
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pharyng/o
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throat, pharynx
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phragm/o, phragmat/o
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partition
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
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air, lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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sept/o
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putrefying; wall, partition
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sinus/o
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cavity
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trache/o
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windpipe, trachea
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orth/o
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straight
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atel/o
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incomplete
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coccidioid/o
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coccidioides immitis (a fungus)
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coni/o
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dust
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cyst/o
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bladder, sac
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embol/o
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plug
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glott/o
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opening into the windpipe
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myc/o
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fungus
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py/o
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pus
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sinus/o
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cavity
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sphyx/o
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pulse
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sten/o
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narrow
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tubercul/o
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little swelling
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aden/o
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gland
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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dilat/o
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to widen
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ot/o
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ear
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spir/o
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breathe