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Medical Terminology
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ROOT TERMS
Root Terms & Meaning | Medical Terms & Meaning |
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Broncho (bronchi, airway) | Bronchitis (bronchial inflammation) |
Cili (hair like processes) | Ciliogenesis (cili forming) |
Ectasis (expansion) | Atelectasis (abnormal expansion) |
Laryngo (larynyx, voice box) | Laryngitis (larynx inflammation) |
Naso (nose) | Nasology (study of nose) |
Oro (mouth) | Orofacial (mouth & face) |
Oxy (oxygen, keen) | Oxyosmia (keen sense of smell) |
Pector (breast, chest) | Pectoralgia (chest nerve pain) |
Pleura (rib side) | Pleurisy (inflammation of exterior lung lining) |
Pneumo (lung) | Pneumonectomy (lung excision) |
Ptysis (to spit) | Hemoptysis (bloody sputum) |
Pulmo (lungs) | Pulmonology (lungs, study of) |
Rhin (nose) | Rhinitis (nose inflammation) |
Tracheo (trachea, windpipe) | Tracheostomy (trachea opening) |