Respiratory Review

suffix that means breathing

• -capnia

• -ectasis

• -pnea

• -thorax

prefix that means fast

• brady-

• em-

• eu-

• tachy-

combining form that means nose

• alveol/o

• atel/o

• laryng/o

• nas/o

combining form that means alveolus or air sac

• alveol/o

• atel/o

• laryng/o

• nas/o

prefix that means in

• brady-

• em-

• eu-

• tachy-

prefix that means slow

• brady-

• em-

• eu-

• tachy-

suffix that means carbon dioxide

• -capnia

• -ectasis

• -pnea

• -thorax

combining form that means breathing

• spir/o

• pulmon/o

• pleur/o

• nas/o

combining form that means incomplete or imperfect

• alveol/o

• atel/o

• laryng/o

• nas/o

combining form that means lung

• nas/o

• pleur/o

• pulmon/o

• spir/o