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Wk 4 - Respiratory
Week 4 - Respiratory System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| aer/o | air |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| cyan/o | blue |
| laryng/o | layrnx (voice box) |
| melan/o | black |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| thorac/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis, -ia, -ism | condition |
| -is | noun ending |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| epi- | above, upon |
| eu- | good, normal |
| tachy- | rapid |
| atelo- | imperfect, incomplete |
| em- | inside, within |
| phys/o | blow, inflate or distend |
| -ema | condition or state |
| py/o | pus |
| atel- | incomplete |
| meta- | beyond or changing |
| -stasis | standing or placing |
| -itic | pertaining to inflammation |
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