How the Unit 9 Word List Was Built
| Etymology | Prefix | "Pre-Root" | Root Root | "Post-Root" | Suffix | Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acid | osis | acidosis | ||||
| adenoid | ectomy | adenoidectomy | ||||
| adenoid | itis | adenoiditis | ||||
| alkal[i] | osis | alkalosis | ||||
| Latin alveolus, "tray, trough, basin; bed of a small river; small hollow or cavity" | alveol | ar | alveolar | |||
| alveol | itis | alveolitis | ||||
| alveol | us | alveolus | ||||
| anti | tuss | ive | antitussive | |||
| a | pnea | apnea | ||||
| a– + Greek pneustikós, a pattern of breathing with deep inspiration, a pause, then a brief expiration | a | pneustic | apneustic | |||
| Greek asthma, "shortness of breath, panting" | asthma | asthma | ||||
| a | tel | ectasis | atelectasis | |||
| Latin auscultationem, "listen attentively to" | auscult | ation | auscultation | |||
| brady | pnea | bradypnea | ||||
| bronchi | ectasis | bronchiectasis | ||||
| bronchio | genic | bronchiogenic | ||||
| bronchi | ole | bronchiole | ||||
| bronchiol | ectasis | bronchiolectasis | ||||
| bronchiol | itis | bronchiolitis | ||||
| bronchio | stenosis | bronchiostenosis | ||||
| bronch | itis | bronchitis | ||||
| broncho | dilator | bronchodilator | ||||
| broncho | plasty | bronchoplasty | ||||
| broncho | rrhea | bronchorrhea | ||||
| broncho | scope | bronchoscope | ||||
| broncho | scopy | bronchoscopy | ||||
| broncho | spasm | bronchospasm | ||||
| bronchus | bronchus | |||||
| capno | graphy | capnography | ||||
| capno | meter | capnometer | ||||
| card/i/o | pulm/o/n | ary | cardiopulmonary | |||
| carina | carina | |||||
| structure that protrudes like the keel of a ship | carinatum | |||||
| cheese-like; note association with Spanish queso | caseous | |||||
| chylo | thorax | chylothorax | ||||
| concha | conchae | |||||
| costo | phren | ic | costophrenic | |||
| cyst | ic | cystic | ||||
| "ato" here just for the sound of it | diaphragm | ato | cele | diaphragmatocele | ||
| dys | phon | ia | dysphonia | |||
| dys | pnea | dyspnea | ||||
| From Greek emphysan "to inflate" | emphysema | emphysema | ||||
| em | py | ema | empyema | |||
| endo | scope | endoscope | ||||
| endo | trache | al | endotracheal | |||
| From Greek epistazo meaning "to drip or upon", a nose bleed | epistaxis | epistaxis | ||||
| eu | pnea | eupnea | ||||
| Latin, from which we get English ex– + –cav[e]– + –ate | excavatum | |||||
| ex | pector | ant | expectorant | |||
| ex | pector | ation | expectoration | |||
| ex | [s]pir[e] | ation | expiration | |||
| fibr | osis | fibrosis | ||||
| glott[a] | is | glottis | ||||
| hem/o | ptysis | hemoptysis | ||||
| hem/o | thorax | hemothorax | ||||
| hilum | hilum | |||||
| hyper | capn | ia | hypercapnia | |||
| hyper | carb | ia | hypercarbia | |||
| hyper | pnea | hyperpnea | ||||
| hyper | ventil | ate | hyperventilate | |||
| hyper | ventil | ation | hyperventilation | |||
| hypo | capn | ia | hypocapnia | |||
| hypo | carb | ia | hypocarbia | |||
| hypo | pnea | hypopnea | ||||
| hypo | ventil | ate | hypoventilate | |||
| hypo | ventil | ation | hypoventilation | |||
| hyp[o] | ox | emia | hypoxemia | |||
| hyp[o] | ox | ia | hypoxia | |||
| in | nerv[e] | ation | innervation | |||
| in | spira[re] | tion | inspiration | |||
| inter | cost | al | intercostal | |||
| in | tub | ate | intubate | |||
| kinet[os] | ic | kinetic | ||||
| laryng | ectomy | laryngectomy | ||||
| laryng | itis | laryngitis | ||||
| laryngo | pharynx | laryngopharynx | ||||
| laryngo | plasty | laryngoplasty | ||||
| laryngo | spasm | laryngospasm | ||||
| laryngo | tracheo | bronch | itis | laryngotracheobronchitis | ||
| larynx | larynx | |||||
| lobe | lobe | |||||
| lob | ectomy | lobectomy | ||||
| lobo | tomy | lobotomy | ||||
| lung | lung | |||||
| meso | theli | oma | mesothelioma | |||
| muco | lytic | mucolytic | ||||
| nares | nares | |||||
| naso | endo | scope | nasoendoscope | |||
| naso | gastr/o | ic | nasogastric | |||
| naso | pharyngo | scope | nasopharyngoscope | |||
| naso | pharynx | nasopharynx | ||||
| Latin nebula, "cloud" | nebul | izer | nebulizer | |||
| obstruct | ive | obstructive | ||||
| oro | pharynx | oropharynx | ||||
| Greek orthópnoia, “breathing only in an upright posture” | ortho | pnea | orthopnea | |||
| oxi | metry | oximetry | ||||
| palato | plasty | palatoplasty | ||||
| pan | sinus | itis | pansinusitis | |||
| Latin pectus, "chest" + loquor, "speak" | pectori | loquy | pectoriloquy | |||
| Latin pectus, "chest" | pectus | pectus | ||||
| Latin "to strike" | percus | sion | percussion | |||
| perfus[us] | ion | perfusion | ||||
| pharyng/o | itis | pharyngitis | ||||
| pharyngo | stenosis | pharyngostenosis | ||||
| pharynx | pharynx | |||||
| phon/a | tion | phonation | ||||
| phren | ic | phrenic | ||||
| phreno | plegia | phrenoplegia | ||||
| phreno | ptosis | phrenoptosis | ||||
| phreno | spasm | phrenospasm | ||||
| pleura | pleura | |||||
| pleur | al | pleural | ||||
| pleur | algia | pleuralgia | ||||
| pleur | ectomy | pleurectomy | ||||
| The proper term in Latin is pleuritis, but medicine adopted this word directly from the French pleurésie | pleur | isy | pleurisy | |||
| pleur | itis | pleuritis | ||||
| pleuro | dynia | pleurodynia | ||||
| pleuro | pexy | pleuropexy | ||||
| pneumato | cele | pneumatocele | ||||
| pneumo | coni | osis | pneumoconiosis | |||
| pneum/o | hem/o | thorax | pneumohemothorax | |||
| pneumo | melan | osis | pneumomelanosis | |||
| pneumon | ectomy | pneumonectomy | ||||
| pneumon | ia | pneumonia | ||||
| pneumon | itis | pneumonitis | ||||
| Greek pneumo– + táxis, "arrangement" | pneumo | tax[is] | pneumotaxic | |||
| pneumo | thorax | pneumothorax | ||||
| poly | somno | graphy | polysomnography | |||
| pulmon | ary | pulmonary | ||||
| pulmono | logist | pulmonologist | ||||
| pyo | thorax | pyothorax | ||||
| Latin respiratio, "breathing" | re | spira | tion | respiration | ||
| re | spirat | ory | respiratory | |||
| re | trac | tion | retraction | |||
| rhin | itis | rhinitis | ||||
| rhino | plasty | rhinoplasty | ||||
| rhino | rrhagia | rhinorrhagia | ||||
| rhino | rrhea | rhinorrhea | ||||
| rhythm[us] | icity | rhythmicity | ||||
| sept | ectomy | septectomy | ||||
| sinus | sinus | |||||
| sinus | itis | sinusitis | ||||
| sinuso | tomy | sinusotomy | ||||
| spiro | gram | spirogram | ||||
| spiro | metry | spirometry | ||||
| Latin sputum, "spittle" | sputum | sputum | ||||
| sterno | cost | al | sternocostal | |||
| syncope | syncope | |||||
| tachy | pnea | tachypnea | ||||
| thorac | algia | thoracalgia | ||||
| thora[c] | centesis | thoracentesis | ||||
| thorac | ic | thoracic | ||||
| thorac/o | centesis | thoracocentesis | ||||
| thorac/o | plasty | thoracoplasty | ||||
| thorac/o | stomy | thoracostomy | ||||
| thorac/o | tomy | thoracotomy | ||||
| thorac/o | scopy | thoracoscopy | ||||
| trachea | trachea | |||||
| trache | itis | tracheitis | ||||
| trache/o | malacia | tracheomalacia | ||||
| trache/o | stenosis | tracheostenosis | ||||
| trache/o | stomy | tracheostomy | ||||
| trache/o | tomy | tracheotomy | ||||
| Literally, "little potato". | tuber | [i]cle | tubercle | |||
| Disease characterized by the presence of inflammatory nodules that resembled little potatoes. Note the addition of a letter "u" just to make the word sound better. | tubercul[e] | osis | tuberculosis | |||
| turbin | ate | turbinate | ||||
| ventila | tion | ventilation |
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