| A | B |
|---|
| thorac/o | chest/thorax |
| cardi/o | heart |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ven/o | vein (use with -ous, -gram) |
| phleb/o | vein (use with -ectomy, -itis, -tomy) |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| trache/o | trachea/windpipe |
| bronch/o | breathing tubes; bronchus |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pleur/o | double membrane covering lungs |
| pne/o | breath, breathing |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -ail, -ac, -ary, -eal, -ous | Suffixes: "pertaining to" |
| -gram | (imaged or written) record of |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge; runny |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| pertaining to the heart | cardiac |
| inflammation of the heard | carditis |
| record of the heart | cardiogram |
| record of electricity of the heart | electrocardiogram |
| instrument to record the heart | cardiograph |
| process of recording the heart | cardiography |
| enlarged heart | cardiomegaly |
| surgical puncture of the heart | cardiocentesis |
| pertaining to vein | venous |
| suturing of vein | phleborrhaphy |
| written record of a vein | venogram |
| pertaining to artery | arterial |
| rupture of artery | arteriorrhexis |
| narrowing of an artery | arteriosclerosis |
| involuntary contraction of blood vessel | angiogram |
| process of recording blood vessels | angiography |
| pertaining to the chest | thoracic |
| surgical puncture of the chest | thoracocentesis |
| pertaining to the lungs | pulmonary |
| pain in the lungs | pulmalgia or pulmonalgia |
| specialist in the study of lungs | pulmonologist |
| suffix for breathing | pnea |
| without/not breathing | apnea |
| difficult breathing | dyspnea |
| pertaining to double membrane covering lungs | pleural |
| inflammation of double membrane covering the lungs | pleuritis |
| pertaining to the breathing tubes | bronchial |
| inflammation of the breathing tubes | bronchitis |
| involuntary contraction of bronchial tubes | bronchospasm |
| instrument to examine bronchial tubes | bronchoscope |
| process of examining bronchial tubes | bronchoscopy |
| pertaining to the windpipe | tracheal |
| herniation of the trachea | tracheocele |
| pertaining to the voice box | laryngeal |
| inflammation of the voice box | laryngitis |
| record of the brain | encephalogram |
| record of electricity of brain | electroencephalogram |
| suture of the nose | rhinorraphy |
| runny/flowing nose | rhinorrhea |
| pain in the teeth and gums | dentogigivalgia |
| study of the heart and lungs | cardiopulmonology |
