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chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apnea | a- = not, without -pnea = breathing |
| atelectasis | atel/o = incomplete -ectasis = dilation, expansion |
| bradypnea | brady- = slow -pnea = breathing |
| bronchospasm | bronch/o = bronchus -spasm = sudden, involuntary movement |
| cyanosis | cyan/o = blue -osis = abnormal condition |
| dyspnea | dys- = abnormal, painful, difficult -pnea = breathing |
| dysphonia | dys- = abnormal, painful, difficult -phonia = voice, sound |
| empyema | em- = within, inside py/o = pus -ema = condition |
| eupnea | eu- = normal -pnea = breathing |
| hemoptysis | hem/o = blood -ptysis = spitting |
| hypercapnia | hyper- = excessive, above capn/o = carbon dioxide -ia = condition |
| hyperpnea | hyper- = excessive, above -pnea = breathing |
| hypocapnia | hypo- = insufficient, below capn/o = carbon dioxide -ia = condition |
| hypoventilation | hypo- = insufficient, below ventil/o = to oxygenate -ation = process, condition |
| laryngitis | laryng/o = larynx -itis = inflammation |
| orthopnea | orth/o = straight -pnea = breathing |
| pharyngitis | pharyng/o = pharynx -itis = inflammation |
| pneumonia | pneumon/o = air, lung -ia = condition |
| pulmonary embolism | pulmon/o = lung -ary = pertaining to embol/o = plug -ism = state of |
| pulmonary hypertension | pulmon/o = lung -ary = pertaining to hyper- = excessive, above -tension = pressure |
| rhinitis | rhin/o = nose -itis = inflammation |
| sinusitis | sinus/o = sinus -itis = inflammation |
| tachypnea | tachy- = fast -pnea = breathing |
| tonsillitis | tonsill/o = tonsil -itis = inflammation |
| arterial | arteri/o = artery -al = pertaining to |
| bronchodilator | bronch/o = bronchus -dilator = something that en- larges or expands |
| endotracheal intubation | endo- = within, inside trache/o = trachea -al = pertaining to in- = inward, inside tub/o = tube -ation = process, condition |
| laryngectomy | laryng/o = larynx -ectomy = surgical removal |
| ventilation | ventil/o = to oxygenate -ation = process, condition |
| nasopharyngeal | nas/o = nose pharyng/o = pharynx -eal = pertaining to |