Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0551 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Building Respiratory Terms
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The idea
Building a respiratory term means selecting the combining form, then the suffix, then applying the joining rules.
In practice
Four builds, each join named.
Where people slip
Build four is an exception. Most terms follow the joining rules; a few are fixed by usage, and this is one.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- 0008Rule: A Combining Form Links a Consonant Suffix
- 0009Rule: A Word Root Links a Vowel Suffix
- 0011Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
- 0521pneum/o and pneumon/o: Lung or Air
- 0527trache/o: Trachea
- 0528bronch/o and bronchi/o: Bronchus
- 0531thorac/o: Chest
- 0062-itis: Inflammation
- 0089-otomy: Incision
- 0090-ostomy: Creating an Opening
- 0094-centesis: Surgical Puncture
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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