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Ch 5 Respiratory
Respiratory system terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS |
| ALVEOL/O | ALVEOLUS |
| BRONCH/I | BRONCHUS |
| DIAPHRAGMAT/O | DIAPHRAGM |
| PHREN/O | DIAPHRAGM |
| EPIGLOTT/O | EPIGLOTTIS |
| LARYNG/O | LARYNX |
| LOB/O | LOBE |
| NAS/O | NOSE |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX |
| PLEUR/O | PLEURA |
| PNEUM/O | LUNG, AIR |
| PULMON/O | LUNG |
| PNEUMAT/O | LUNG, AIR |
| PNEUMON/O | LUNG, AIR |
| SEPT/O | SEPTUM |
| SINUS/O | SINUS |
| THORAC/O | THORAX, CHEST |
| TONSIL/O | TONSIL |
| TRACHE/O | TRACHEA |
| ATEL/O | IMPERFECT, INCOMPLETE |
| CAPN/O | CARBON DIOXIDE |
| HEM/O | BLOOD |
| HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
| MUC/O | MUCUS |
| ORTH/O | STRAIGHT |
| OX/O | OXYGEN |
| PHON/O | SOUND, VOICE |
| PY/O | PUS |
| SOMN/O | SLEEP |
| SPIR/O | BREATHE, BREATHING |
| A- | WITHOUT |
| AN- | WITHOUT |
| ENDO- | WITHIN |
| EU- | NORMAL, GOOD |
| PAN- | ALL, TOTAL |
| POLY- | MANY, MUCH |
| TACHY- | FAST, RAPID |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| -EAL | PERTAINIG TO |
| -CELE | HERNIA OR PROTRUSION |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO ASPIRATE FLUID |
| -ECTASIS | STRETCHING OUT, DILATION, EXPANSION |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -METER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| -METRY | MEASUREMENT |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION, SUSPENSION |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -RRHAGIA | RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SCOPIC | PERTAING TO VISUAL EXAM |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SPASM | SUDDEN, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
| -STENOSIS | CONSTRICTION OR NARROWING |
| -STOMY | CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL OPENING |
| -THORAX | CHEST |
| -TOMY | CUT INTO OR INCISION |
| ADENOIDITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE ADENOIDS |
| ATELECTASIS | INCOMPLETE EXPANSION |
| BRONCHIECTASIS | DILATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR ORINGINATING IN THE BRONCHUS |
| BRONCHOPNEUMONIA | DISEASED STATE OF THE BRONCHI AND LUNGS |
| DIAPHRAGMATOCELE | HERNIA OF THE DIAPHRAGM |
| EPIGLOTTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS |
| HEMOTHROAX | BLOOD IN THE CHEST |
| LARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCI |
| NASOPHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE AND PHARYNX |
| PANSINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF ALL THE SINUS |
| PHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX |
| PLEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURA |
| PNEUMATOCELE | HERNIA OF THE LUNG |
| PNEUMOCONIOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF DUST IN THE LUNGS |
| PNEUMONIA | DISEASED STATE OF THE LUNGS |
| PNEUMONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | AIR IN THE CHEST |
| PYOTHORAX | PUS IN THE CHEST |
| RHINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE |
| RHINOMYCOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF FUNGUS IN THE NOSE |
| RHINORRHAGIA | RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE NOSE |
| THORACALGIA | PAIN IN THE CHEST |
| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS |
| TRACHEITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TRACHEA |
| TRACHEOSTENOSIS | NARROWING OF THE TRACHEA |
| ADENOIDECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE ADENOIDS |
| ADENOTOME | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT USED TO CUT THE ADENOIDS |
| BRONCHOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A BRONCHUS |
| LARYNGECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOSTOMY | CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING INTO THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOTRACHEOTOMY | INCISION OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA |
| LOBECTOMY | EXCISION OF A LOBE |
| PLEUROPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE PLEURA |
| PNEUMOBRONCHOTOMY | INCISION OF LUNG AND BRONCHUS |
| PNEUMONECTOMY | EXCISION OF A LUNG |
| RHINOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE LUNG |
| SEPTOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE SEPTUM |
| SINUSOTOMY | INCISION OF A SINUS |
| THORACOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO ASPIRATE FLUID FROM THE CHEST CAVITY |
| THORACOTOMY | INCISION IN TO THE CHEST CAVITY |
| TONSILLECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE TONSILS |
| TRACHEOPLATY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE TRACHEA |
| TRACHEOSTOMY | CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING INTO THE TRACHEA |
| TRACHEOTOMY | INCISION OF THE TRACHEA |
| BRONCHOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| BRONCHOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| ENDOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| ENDOSCOPIC | PERTAINING TO VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| ENDOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| LARYNGOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| LARYNGOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE LARYNX |
| THORACOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE THORAX |
| THORACOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE THORAX |
| CAPNOMETER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE CARBON DIOXIDE |
| OXIMETER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE OXYGEN |
| SPIROMETER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE BREATHING |
| SPIROMETRY | A MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING |
| POLYSOMNOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING TESTS DURING SLEEP |
| ACAPNIA | CONDITION OF ABSENCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE |
| ANOXIA | CONDITION OF ABSENCE OF OXYGEN |
| APHONIA | CONDITION OF ABSENCE OF VOICE |
| APNEA | ABSENCE OF BREATHING |
| BRONCHOALVEOLAR | PERTAINING TO THE BRONCHI AND ALVEOLI |
| BRONCHOSPASM | SPASMODIC CONTRACTION IN BRONCHI |
| DIAPHRAGMATIC | PERTAINING TO THE DIAPHRAGM |
| DYSPHONIA | CONDITION OF DIFFICULTY SPEAKING |
| DYSPNEA | DIFFICULT BREATHING |
| ENDOTRACHEAL | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE TRACHEA |
| EUPNEA | NORMAL BREATHING |
| HYPERCAPNIA | CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE |
| HYPERPNEA | EXCESSIVE BREATHING |
| HYPOCAPNIA | CONDITION OF DIFICIENT CARBON DIOXIDE |
| HYPOPNEA | DEFICIENT BREATHING |
| HYPOXEMIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIENT OXYGEN |
| HYPOXIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIENT OXYGEN |
| INTRAPLEURAL | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE PLEURA |
| LARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOSPASM | SPASMODIC CONTRACTION OF THE LARYNX |
| MUCOID | RESEMBLING MUCUS |
| MUCOUS | PERTAINING TO MUCUS |
| NASOPHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE AND PHARYNX |
| ORTHOPNEA | ABLE TO BREATHE EASIER IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION |
| PHRENALGIA | PAIN IN THE DIAPHRAGM |
| PHRENOSPASM | SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM |
| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS |
| PULMONOLOGIST | A PHYSICIAN WHO STUDIES AND TREATS DISEASES OF THE LUNG |
| PULMONOLOGY | STUDY OF THE LUNG |
| RHINORRHEA | DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE |
| TACHYPNEA | RAPID BREATHING |
| THORACIC | PERTAINING TO THE CHEST |
Created by:
Lisa Barnett
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