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chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| apical | means pertaining to or located at the apex. |
| -pnea | breathing |
| sphyxia | pulse |
| tel/o | complete |
| -ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| dys- | abnormal, bad, difficult, painful |
| -ema | condition |
| py/o | pus. Em- at the beginning of this term means in. Empyema (pyothorax) is a collection of pus in the pleural cavity |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| hilim | Midline region where the bronchi, blood vessels, and nerves enter and exit the lungs. Hilar means pertaining to (at) the hilum |
| lob/o | lobe |
| ectomy | excision |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| pleura | Double-layered membrane surrounding each lung |
| pneumon/o | lung; air ; gas |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| rales | crackles |
| thorac/o | chest |
| puncture to remove fluid | -centesis |
| rhonchi | Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum. |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| cor pulmonale | right heart failure |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| paroxysmal | Pertaining to a sudden occurrence, such as a spasm or seizure; oxysm/o means sudden |
| -thorax | chest |
| pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
| -ia | condition |
| emphysema | lung disease in which air exchange at the alveoli is severely impaired |
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