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Chap 10
PUlmonology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adeniod |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| sept/o | septum (Plural: septa) |
| sin/o, sinus/o | sinus |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | air or lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| lob/o | lobe |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| thorac/o, pector/o, steth/o, (pectus) | chest |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| phren/o | diaphregm |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| spir/o,-pnea | breathing |
| capn/o, carb/o | carbon dioxide |
| apena | not breathing |
| eupnea | good breathing |
| hypopnea | under breathing |
| dyspnea | bad breathing |
| orthopnea | straight breathing |
| hyperventillation | overbreathing |
| hypoventillation | underbreathing |
| dysphonia | bad voice condition (hoarness) |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| rhinorrhagia | excessive blood from nose (nosebleed) |
| rhinorrhea | runny nose |
| bronchospasm | incoluntary contraction of the bronchus |
| phrenospasm | involuntary contraction of the diaphragm (hiccups) |
| thoracalgia | chest pain |
| expectoration | coughing or spitting material out of lungs |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| sputum | mucuc discharded from lungs by coughing |
| auscultation | a health care professional using a stethoscope to listen to a patient's chest |
| pectus carinatum | chest that protrudes like a keel of a ship |
| pectus excavatum | hallowed out chest |
| percussion | striking the body surface (to cause vibrations) |
| retraction | sucking in the skin around bones during inhalation (Happens during respiratory distress) |
| atelectasis | incomplete expansion |
| caseous necrosis | death of tissue with a cheese-like appearance |
| emphyema | pus inside the chest |
| hemothrax | blood in the chest |
| phrenoplegia | paralysis of the diaphragm |
| pleural effusion | fluid pouring out into the pleura |
| pneumohemothorax | air and blood in the chest |
| pneumothorax | air in the chest |
| tracheostenosis | narrowing of the trachea |
| hypercapnia | excessive carbon dioxide |
| hypoxemia | insufficient oxygen in the blood |
| pulmonary anglography | imaging procedure for recording pulmonary blood vessels activity |
| ventilation perfusion scan (VQ scan) | scan that tests whether a problem in the lungs is caused by airflow (ventilation) or blood flow (perfusion) |
| capnography | procedure to record carbon dioxide levels |
| endoscope | instrument to look inside |
| oximetry | procedure to measure oxygen levels |
Created by:
Jennifer Marion