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WayneCh12
ConstructedWordsCh12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acapnia | a/capnia - p/s - condition of without, absence of carbon dioxide |
| anoxia | an/oxia - p/s - condition of without, absence of oxygen |
| aphonia | a phonia - p/s - condition of without, absence of sound or voice |
| apnea | a/pnea - p/s - condition of without, absence of breathing |
| bradypnea | brady/pnea - p/s - slow breathing |
| dysphonia | dys/phonia - p/s - condition of difficult, painful sound or voice |
| dyspnea | dys/pnea - p/s - difficult breathing |
| eupnea | eu/pnea - p/s - nomal breathing |
| hemoptysis | hem/o/ptysis - r/cv/s - to cough up blood |
| hemothorax | hem/o/thorax - r/cv/r - blood in the chest |
| hypercapnia | hyper/capnia - p/s - condition of abnormally high or excessive carbon dioxide |
| hyperpnea | hyper/pnea - p/s - abnormally high or excessive breathing |
| hypopnea | hypo/pnea - p/s - below nomal breathing |
| rhinorrhagia | rhin/o/rrhagia - r/cv/s - hemorrhage or rapid flow of blood from the nose |
| rhinorrhea | rhin/o/rrhea - r/cv/s - excessive discharge from the nose |
| tachypnea | tachy/pnea - p/s - fast or rapid breathing |
| thoracalgia | thorac/algia - r/s - chest pain |
| atelectasis | atel/ectasis - r/s - incomplete expansion, dilation |
| insomnia | in/somn/ia - p/r/s - condition of without sleep |
| pneumoconiosis | pneum/o/coni/osis - r/cv/r/s - abnormal condition of dust in the lungs |
| pneumothorax | pneum/o/thorax - r/cv/r - air in the chest |
| pyothorax | py/o/thorax - r/cv/r - pus in the chest |
| rhinomycosis | rhin/o/myc/osis - r/cv/r/s - abnormal condition of fungus in the nose |
| tracheostenosis | trache/o/sten/osis - r/cv/r/s - abnormal condition of constriction or narrowness of the trachea |
| endoscopy | endo/scopy - p/s - process of viewing within |
| lobectomy | lob/ectomy - r/s - surgical removal or excision of a lobe |
| oximetry | ox/i/metry - r/cv/s - process of measuring oxygen |
| oximeter | ox/i/meter - r/cv/s - instrument used to measure oxygen |
| pleurocentesis | pleur/o/centesis - r/cv/s - surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the pleura |
| septotomy | sept/o/tomy - r/cv/s - cutting into the septum (partition) |
| spirometer | spir/o/meter - r/cv/s - instrument used to measure breathing |
| tracheostomy | trache/o/stomy - r/cv/s - surgical creation of an opening into trachea/windpipe |