Building Respiratory Terms
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State
Building a respiratory term means selecting the combining form, then the suffix, then applying the joining rules.
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Four builds, each join named.
Watch for
Build four is an exception. Most terms follow the joining rules; a few are fixed by usage, and this is one.
Builds on
- 0008 Rule: A Combining Form Links a Consonant Suffix
- 0009 Rule: A Word Root Links a Vowel Suffix
- 0011 Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
- 0521 pneum/o and pneumon/o: Lung or Air
- 0527 trache/o: Trachea
- 0528 bronch/o and bronchi/o: Bronchus
- 0531 thorac/o: Chest
- 0062 -itis: Inflammation
- 0089 -otomy: Incision
- 0090 -ostomy: Creating an Opening
- 0094 -centesis: Surgical Puncture
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.