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Med Express 4
Medical Terminology Express Chapter 4 Respiratory System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rhio/rrhea | runny nose |
| O2 | oxygen |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| trache/o | trachea |
| pneum/o | air, lung |
| pneumon/o | air, lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| thorac/o | chest |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| brady- | slow |
| inflammation of the bronchi | bronch/itis |
| paralysis of the larynx (voice box) | laryng/o/plegia |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| visual examination of the bronchi | bronch/o/scopy |
| incision of the trachea | trache/o/tomy |
| instrument for examining the larynx | laryng/o/scope |
| disease of the chest | thorac/o/pathy |
| rapid breathing | tachy/pnea |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| excision of tonsils | tonsill/ectomy |
| resembling mucous | muc/oid |
| muc/o | mucous |
| surgical repair of the nose | rhin/o/plasty |
| specialist in the treatment of lungs | pulmon/o/logist |
| swallowing air | aer/o/phagia |
| -phagia | eating |
| without (absence of) breathing | a/pnea |
| creation of an opening (mouth) in the trachea | trache/o/stomy |
| -ostomy | create an opening |
| excision of the larynx (voice box) | laryng/ectomy |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| a- | without |
| lob/ectomy | excision of one lobe of the lung |
| pneumon/ectomy | excision of a lung or a portion of the lung |
| endo | within |
| scope | instrument for examining/viewing |
| dys/pnea | difficulty breathing |
| halit/osis | bad breath |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| EEG | electro/encephal/o/gram |
| surgical puncture of the chest | thora/centesis |
| visual examination of the bronchi | bronch/o/scopy |
| instrument for measuring breathing | spir/o/meter |
| meter | measuring |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
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