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Adenoid/o

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Adenoid
Adenoidectomy
From root gland. Oid means resembling

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsil

Latin meaning almond English the other L disappears.

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Nas/o

Rhin/o

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Latin and Greek for nose

Nose

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Palat/o

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Palate

Roof of the mouth.

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Or/o

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Mouth

Latin for mouth

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Laryng/o

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Larynx (voice box)

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx (throat)

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Trache/o

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Trachea (windpipe)

Meaning rough for the bumpy ridges that line the outside of the trachea.

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Sept/o

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Septum ( plural: septa)

Partition or diving structure

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Sin/o

Sinus/o

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Sinus

Hollow or cavity

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Pneum/o
Pneumat/o
Pneumon/o

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Air or lungs

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Pulmon/o

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Lungs

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Lob/o

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Lobe

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Bronch/o

Bronchi/o

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Bronchus

Main branches from trachea and each lung.

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Bronchiol/o

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Bronchiole

Diminutive little bronchus.

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Alveol/o

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Alveolus (air sac)

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Stern/o

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Sternum

Breastbone

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Cost/o

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Rib

True false and floating ribs.

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Thorac/o
Pector/o (pectus)
Steth/o

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Chest

20
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Pleur/o

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Pleura

Membrane that surrounds the lungs.

21
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Phren/o

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Diaphragm

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Ox/o

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Oxygen

Hypoxia is the lack of oxygen.

23
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Spir/o

-pnea

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Breathing

24
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Capn/o

Carb/o

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Carbon dioxide
Greek for smoke
Latin for coal
Hyperventilating has hypocardia and this the need to increase the carbon dioxide

25
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Pectus carinatum

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Protruding chest

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Pectus excavatum

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Hollowed chest

Concaved

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Atelectasis

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A / Tel / Ectasis
Not / complete / expansion
Incomplete expansion

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Bronchiectasis

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Bronchi / ectasis

Bronchus / expansion

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Caseous Necrosis

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Caseous / necr / osis
Cheeselike / death / condition
Death of tissue that looks like cheese

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Chylothorax

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Chylo / thorax
Chyle / chest
Chyle in the chest.
Chyle is a milky bodily fluid formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods and carried through the body via lymph vessels.

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Empyema

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Em / py / ema
In / pus / condition
Pus inside the chest.

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Phrenoplegia

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Phreno / plegia

Diaphragm paralysis

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Pleural effusion

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Pleur / al ex / fusion

Pleura / pertaining to / out / pour

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Pulmonary edema

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Pulmon / ary / edema
Lung / pertaining to / swelling.
Swelling in the lungs.

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Hypercapnia

Hypercarbia

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Excessive carbon dioxide

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Hypocapnia

Hypocabia

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Insufficient carbon dioxide

37
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Hypoxemia

Hypoxia

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Insufficient oxygen

38
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Antitussive

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Anti / tuss / ive
Against / cough / agent
A drug that prevents coughing

39
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Bronchodilator

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Dilator - expander

A drug that expands the walls of the Bronchi

40
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Expectorant

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Ex / pector / ant
Out / chest / agent
A drug that helps get things out of the chest.

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Mucolytic

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A drug that breaks down mucus

42
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Epistaxis

Rhinorrhagia

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Nose bleed

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