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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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bronch/i, bronch/o (Note: both i and o combining vowels are used with the root of bronch)

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bronchus

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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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laryng/o

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larynx

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lob/o

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lobe

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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pleur/o

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pleura

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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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13
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sept/o

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septum (all off, fence)

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sinus/o

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sinus

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thrac/o

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thorax (chest)

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tonsill/o (Note: tonsil has one l and the combining form has two ls)

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea

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atel/o

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imperfect, incomplete

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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muc/o

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mucus

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/o, ox/i (Note: the combining vowels o and i are used with the word root ox)

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oxygen

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py/o

A

pus

25
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somn/o

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sleep

26
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spir/o

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breathe, breathing

27
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a-, an- (Note: an- is used when the word root begins with a vowel)

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without or absence of

28
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endo- (Note: the prefix intra is introduced in Chapter 4, also means within)

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within

29
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eu-

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normal, good

30
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pan-

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all, total

31
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poly-

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many, much

32
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-algia

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pain

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-ar, -ary, -eal

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia or protrusion

35
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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gram

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record, x-ray image

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-graphy

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process of recording, x-ray imaging

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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measurement

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-pexy

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surgical fixation, suspension

44
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-phonia

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sound or voice

45
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-pnea

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breathing

46
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-rrhagia

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rapid flow of blood

47
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-scope

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instrument used for visual examination

48
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-scopic

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pertaining to visual examination

49
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-scopy

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visual examination

50
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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic contraction)

51
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-stenosis

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constriction or narrowing

52
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-stomy

A

creation of an artificial opening

53
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-thorax

A

chest

54
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-tomy

A

cut into or incision

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