BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Question
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pneumon/o
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my/o
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cardi/o
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aort/o
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pneumono-is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “lung.” It is often used in medical and scientific terms. Pneumono-comes from the Greek pneúmōn, meaning “lung.” Pneúmōn helps form the Greek word pneumonía, source of the English pneumonia, “inflammation of the lungs with congestion.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The word “pneumonia” takes its origin from the ancient Greek word “pneumon, ‘’ which means “lung, ‘’ so the word “pneumonia” becomes “lung disease."
Detailed explanation-3: -pneumon/o (lung, air) pneumat/o (lung) pulmon/o (lung)
Detailed explanation-4: -Pneum/o, pneumat/o, and pneumon/o all mean lung or air. Obviously the P is silent otherwise it would be pneum/o, pneumat/o, and pneumon/o. You can hear them in the words pneumonia, which is a lung disease, and pneumatic like pneumatic tires which are filled with air. Our next word root is pulmon/o, meaning lung.