Ch11 Word Parts: Respiratory System Flashcards

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adenoid/o

A

adenoid

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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aspir/o

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to breathe or to suck in

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atel/o

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incomplete

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ausculat/o

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listening

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bronchi/o, bronch/o

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bronchus (windpipe)

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capn/o, capn/i

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carbon dioxide

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cost/o

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rib

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diaphragmat/o

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diaphragm

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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larygn/o

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larynx

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lob/o

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lobe

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum (middle septum)

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14
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muc/o

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mucus

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nas/o

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nose

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ox/o, ox/a

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oxygen

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pector/o

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chest

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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phon/o

A

sound, voice

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20
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phren/o

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diaphragm

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21
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pleur/o

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rib, side, pleura (lung)

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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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sept/o

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septum, thin wall

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sinus/o

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sinus, hollow space

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spir/o

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breathe

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thorac/o

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thorax, chest

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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a-, an-

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wihout, not

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dys-

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painful, difficult, abnormal

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em-

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in

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eu-

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good, normal

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hypo-

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below, deficient

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in-

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not

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pan-

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all, entire

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per-

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through

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tachy-

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rapid, fast

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-algia

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pain

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-al, -ar, -ary, -ic

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pertaining to

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-cele

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herniation, protrusion

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-centesis

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puncture to aspirate

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-ectasis

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dilation, stretching

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-emia

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blood (condition of )

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-graphy

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a writing, description

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-itis

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inflammation

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-metry

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measurement of

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-phonia

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condition of the voice

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-plasty

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surgical repair, reconstruction

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-rrhagia

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flowing forth

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-scopy

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process of examining, examination

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-spasm

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involuntary movement

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-stomy

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artificial or surgical opening

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-tomy

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incision (a cutting operation)