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Chapter 4

Med Terms

TermDefinition
nas/o , rhin/o nose
tonsill/o tonsils
adenoid/o adenoid
pharyng/o throat
laryng/o larynx
trache/o trachea
pneum/o , pneumon/o air, lung
pulmon/o lung
bronch/o, bronchi/o bronchus
bronchiol/o bronchioles
thorac/o chest
phren/o diapharam
-ectasis dilation, expansion
-osmia small
-pnea breathing
alveol/o alveolus
-algia, -dynia pain
-osis abnormal condition
-oxia oxygen
-phagia swallowing, eating
-spasm involuntary contraction
- thorax chest
lobectomy excision of one of the lobe of the lung
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Endotracheal intubation is a procedure for Opening an airway
Oximetry the oxygen level of the blood
Drugs to decrease airway inflammation are Corticosteroids
Epiglottis covers what Larynx
Empyema a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall
Epitaxis Nosebleed , loos of blood from the tissue that lines the inside of nose
Coryza an acute imflammatory contagious disease (a common cold)
Atelectasis the collapse of or part of the lung
Pleural effusion An abnormal collection of fluid between the thin layers of tissue lining the lung and the wall of the chest cavity
Created by: bellam08
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