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chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| larynx | voice box |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pharynx | throat |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trachea | windpipe |
| sept/o | septum |
| sin/o | sinus |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| pneum/o | lungs or air |
| pneumat/o | lungs or air |
| pneumon/o | lungs or air |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| lob/o | lobe |
| brochil/o | bronchiole |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| alveolus | air sac |
| stern/o | sternum |
| cost/o | rib |
| thorac/o | chest |
| pector/o | chest, pectus |
| steth/o | chest |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| spir/o | breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide, smoke |
| carb/o | carbon dioxide, coal |
| orth/o | straight |
| ventil | breathing |
| -ation | process |
| phon | sound |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| -rrhage | rupture |
| -ptysis | cough |
| sputum | "spit" mucus discharge from lungs by coughing |
| auscultation | "to listen" using stethoscope to listen to chest |
| -osis | condition |
| -loquy | speak |
| -carinatum | keel |
| pectus carinatum | chest that protrudes |
| -cavatum | hollowed |
| pectus excavatum | chest that is hollowed out |
| percussion | strike |
| re- | back |
| trac | drag |
| -tion | process |
| tel | complete |
| caseous | cheese-like |
| chyl/o | chyle |
| em- | in |
| -fusion | pour |
| ex- | out |
| edema | swelling |
| py/o | pus |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| scler/o | hardening |
| -ia | condition |
| -tome | cut |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -fusion | pour |
| per- | through |
| meter | instrument to measure |
| metry | measuring process |
| asthma | disease caused by episodic narrowing and inflammation of the airway |
| chron- | time |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ob- | in the way |
| -struct | build |
| emphysema | inflate |
| emphysema | disease that causes alveoli to lose elasticity, can inhale have trouble exhaling |
| -isy | inflammation |
| coni | dust |
| embolus | mass or matter blocking |
| -plasm | formation |
| -genic | beginning in |
| carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| meso- | middle |
| theli | nipple |
| tuss | cough |
| -ive | agent |
| -ant | agent |
| nebulizer | machine that administers respiratory medication, cloud |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -platy | surgical repair |
| suscit | awaken |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| rhinorrhea | runny nose |
| atelectasis | incomplete expansion |
| obstructive lung disorder | lung disorder caused by blockage |
| restrictive lung disorder | lung disorder caused by limiting air to lungs |
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