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Respiratory System

pulmonary pertaining to the lungs or the respiratory system
respiration molecular exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide; also called breathing, pulmonary ventilation, or ventilation
thoracic pertaining to the thorax or thoracic cage
vascular pertaining to a blood vessel
adneoid/o adenoids
laryng/o larynx or voice box
nas/o nose
rhin/o nose
pharyng/o pharynx or throat
tonsill/o tonsils
trache/o trachea or windpipe
alveol/o alveolus; air sac
bronch/o bronchus; bronchi (plural)
phren/o diaphragm
pneum/o air; lung
pulmon/o lung
aer/o air
muc/o mucus
a- without
brady- slow
eu- good; normal
tachy- rapid
anosmia absence of decrease in the sense of smell
asthma inflammatory airway disorder that results in attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath that gets worse with exercise or activity, and coughing
brochitis acute or or chronic inflammation of mucous membranes of the bronchial airways caused by irritation, infection, or both
cystic fibrosis (CF) genetic disease that is one of the most common types of chronic lung disease in children and young adults and causes thick, sticky, mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive tract, possible resulting in early death
emphysema also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that males it difficult to breathe and is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue that causes the small airways to collapse during forced exhalation
epistaxis hemorrhage from the nose; also called nosebleed
pertussis acute infections disease characterized by a "whoop" sounding cough; also called whooping cough
mantoux test intradermal test to determine recent or past exposure to tuberculosis; TB test.
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