Module 6 - The Respiratory System

bronch-
bronchi-

bronchus; branch of the trachea [pl. bronchi]
halit-

breath
laryng-

larynx
pharyng-

pharynx; throat
diaphragm-
phren-*
phrenic-

diaphragm
pleur-

pleura; membrane enfolding the lung
pne-
spir-

respiration
pneum-*
pneumon-
pulm-
pulmon-

lung
rhin-
nas-

nose
sin-
sinu-
sinus-

nasal sinus; sinus; cavity (within a structure)
trache-

trachea; windpipe
acet-

vinegar; acid
aer-
pneum-*
pneumat-
phys

air; gas
amyl-

starch
blenn-
myx-
muc-

mucus
calc-
calcin-

calcium; calcium salts; lime
chol-
chole-
bili-
- bile; gall
- *[neither chole- nor bili- are followed by connecting vowels]
chyl-

chyle; milky fluid in the intestines
chym-

chyme; gastric pulp
gli-*

glue
coll-
gluten-
glutin-

jelly; gelatin; glue
copr-
scat-
fec-
fecal-
sterc-
stercor-

feces
frug-
fruct-
fructos-

fruit sugar
galact-
lact-

milk
gluc-
glyc-
sacchar-

sugar
hal-
sal-

salt
hyal-
vitr-

glass [noun]; glass-like [adj.]
aqu-
aqua-
aque-

water
hydr-

water; watery substance
kerat-*
cerat-*
cornu-*
corne-*

horn [noun]; horn-like [adj.]
lith-

stone; calculus [pl. calculi]
myc-
mycet-

fungus
nephel-

mist; cloudiness
ole-

oil
oxy-*
- oxygen; acid
- *[no connecting vowel follows]
pharmac-

drug
-pnea

respiration
-lith

stone [or, calculus] (in an organ or other tissue)

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Module 6 - The Respiratory System

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Greco-Latin terminologies in medical and biological sciences, Module 6

Updated

2012-11-29T19:56:36Z

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