Chap 12-13 Flashcards
Bi
Two
Ante
In front of, before
Con-
With
Dis-
Free of, undo, take apart
Febr/ile
Fever
Furc/o
Divide, branch
Genit/o
Male or female genitals
Hemi-
Half
In-
In, not
Inter
Between
Mal
Bad
Morbid/o
Illness
Mort/o
Death
Nat/o
Nat/al
Birth (baby)
Part/o
Part/um
Delivery (mother)
Pre-
Before, in front of
Alveol/o
Alveoli
Bronch/o
Bronchus
Chir/o
Hand
Dextr/o
Right
Ger/i
Elderly
Iatric
Medical, physician
Lacrimal
Pertaining to tears
Laryn/o
Voice box, larynx
Myc/o
Fungus
Nas/o
Nose
Ped/i
Pod/o
Foot
Pedi/a
Child
Pharyng/o
Throat, pharynx
Pluer/o
Sac (lining) around the lungs
Phren/o
Diaphragm
Pnea
Breathing
Pnea
Breathing
Pneum/o
Air ( sometimes lung)
Pneumon/o
Lung
Practor
Practitioner
Pulmon/o
Lung
Rhin/o
Nose
Sinistr/o
Left
Trache/o
Windpipe (trachea)
Thorax
Chest
Mediastinum
Space between the lungs
Epiglottis
Flap that covers the larynx
Abnormality
Abnormal
Esophagus
Food pipe
Continence
Ability to control body waste
Operative
Surgery
Sanguin/o
Bloody
Semi
Half
Semin/o
Semen
Tri
Three
Uni
One
In/continence
Lack of bowel control
Mal/aise
General feeling of illness
feeling bad
Bi/furc/ates
Branch into two
Con/genit/al
Born with
Post
Behind, after
Ante/ pyr/etic
Before the fever
Ante/flex/ion
Bending forwards
Forward bending
Morbidity
Related to illness
Mortality
Related to death
Myc/osis
Any condition caused by a fungus
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Pneum/o/py/o/thorax
A collection of air and pus in the thoracic cavity
Apnea
Absence of breathing
Dyspnea
Difficult breathing
Hyper/pnea
Increased rate and depth of breathing
Tachy/pnea
Rapid breathing
Brady/ pnea
Slow breathing
Orthopnea
Able to breath only when sitting up or standing
Pleur/o/centesis
Surgical puncturing of the pleura
Phren/o/plegia
Paralysis of the diaphragm
Ger/ont/o/logy
The study of treatment of aging and the elderly
Nasolacrimal
Pertaining to the nose and lacrimal ducts
Pedal
Pertaining to the foot