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chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anosmia | an- = not, without -osmia = smell |
| anoxia | an- = not, without ox/o = oxygen -ia = condition |
| aphonia | a- = not, without -phonia = voice, sound |
| apnea | a- = not, without -pnea = breathing |
| atelectasis | atel/o = incomplete -ectasis = dilation, expansion |
| bradypnea | brady- = slow -pnea = breathing |
| bronchitis | bronch/o = bronchus -itis = inflammation |
| bronchospasm | bronch/o = bronchus -spasm = sudden, involuntary movement |
| cyanosis | cyan/o = blue -osis = abnormal condition |
| dysphonia | dys- = abnormal, painful, difficult -phonia = voice, sound |
| dyspnea | dys- = abnormal, painful, difficult -pnea = breathing |
| empyema | em- = within, inside py/o = pus -ema = condition |
| eupnea | eu- = normal -pnea = breathing |
| hemoptysis | hem/o = blood -ptysis = spitting |
| hemothorax | hem/o = blood -thorax = chest |
| hypercapnia | hyper- = excessive, above capn/o = carbon dioxide -ia = condition |
| hyperpnea | hyper- = excessive, above -pnea = breathing |
| hyperventilation | hyper- = excessive, above ventil/o = to oxygenate -ation = process, condition |
| hypocapnia | hypo- = insufficient, below capn/o = carbon dioxide -ia = condition |
| hypopnea | hypo- = insufficient, below -pnea = breathing |
| hypoventilation | hypo- = insufficient, below ventil/o = to oxygenate -ation = process, condition |
| hypoxemia | hypo- = insufficient, below ox/o = oxygen -emia = blood condition |
| hypoxia | hypo- = insufficient, below ox/o = oxygen -ia = condition |
| pharyngitis | pharyng/o = pharynx -itis = inflammation |
| pleurisy | pleur/o = pleura -isy = condition |
| pneumonia | pneumon/o = air, lung -ia = condition |
| pneumothorax | pneum/o = air, lung -thorax = chest |
| rhinitis | rhin/o = nose -itis = inflammation |
| rhinorrhagia | rhin/o = nose -rrhagia = abnormal flow |
| rhinorrhea(ry-noh-REE-uh) | rhin/o = nose -rrhea = flow, discharge |