MrsC Med Term Resp T Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
brady | slow |
Eu- | good, normal |
laryng/o | larynx |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
pneum/o | air, lung |
py/o | pus |
rhin/o | nose |
spir/o | breathing |
Tachy | fast |
Atelectasis | collapsed lung; incomplete expansion |
Asthma | chronic bronchial inflammatory disorder with airway obstruction due to bronchial edema and constriction, increased mucus production |
Emphysema | hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction or alveolar |
Pneumonia | acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or other fluid |
Epiglottis | flap of cartilage that covers trachea during swallowing |
Auscultation | listening to body sounds within the body using a stethoscope |
Expectoration | coughing sputum outside of chest |
Hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
Cilia | hairlike projections |
Empyema | pocket of pus in the lungs |
Rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
Hypoxemia | deficient (low) oxygen in the blood |
Tracheotomy | incision into the windpipe |
Pleurodynia | pain in the pleura |
Dyspnea | difficult breathing |
Laryngoscope | instrument to view the voicebox |
Orthopnea | breathing is easier sitting up straight |
Bronchospasm | spasm of bronchus |
Apnea | no breathing |
Tracheostomy | new opening in the windpipe |
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