Chapter 12 - Terminology Flashcards by Jordan Anderson

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adenoid/o

A

adenoids

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alveol/o

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alveolus air, air sac

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole, small bronchus

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capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

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coni/o

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dust

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cyan/o

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blue

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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lob/o

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lobe of the lung

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nas/o

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nose

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or/o

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mouth

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pector/o

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chest

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phon/o

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voice

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phren/o

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diaphram

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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air, lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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py/o

A

pus

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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spir/o

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breathing

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tel/o

A

complete

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thorac/o

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chest

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tonsill/o

A

tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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-capnia

A

carbon dioxide

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectasis

A

dilation, widening

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-ema

A

condition

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-lysis

A

breakdown

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-osmia

A

smell

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-phonia

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voice, sound

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-sphyxia

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pulse

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-stenosis

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tightening, stricture

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-stomy

A

new opening to form a mouth

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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-trophy

A

nourishment, development

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em-

A

in

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eu-

A

good, normal

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ex-

A

out, away from

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para-

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near, beside, abnormal, along side of

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per-

A

through

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re-

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back, again