Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
2
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sept/o
A
septum (wall off, fence)
3
Q
-emia
A
in the blood
4
Q
-ectasis
A
stretching out, dilation, expansion
5
Q
-ar, -ary, -eal
A
pertaining to
6
Q
son/o
A
sound
7
Q
tom/o
A
to cut, section, or slice
8
Q
eu-
A
normal, good
9
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to record, the record
10
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording, radiographic imaging
11
Q
-rrhagia
A
rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding
12
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation, suspension
13
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
14
Q
-gram
A
the record, radiographic image
15
Q
-cele
A
hernia or protrusion
16
Q
-algia
A
pain
17
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)
18
Q
trache/o
A
trachea
19
Q
endo-
A
within
20
Q
poly-
A
many, much
21
Q
thorac/o
A
thorax, chest, chest cavity
22
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsil
23
Q
a-, an-
A
absence of, without
24
Q
-metry
A
measurement
25
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
26
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
27
tachy-
fast, rapid
28
-meter
instrument used to measure
29
somn/o
sleep
30
spir/o
breathe, breathing
31
sinus/o
sinus
32
laryng/o
larynx
33
epiglott/o
epiglottis
34
capn/o
carbon dioxide
35
atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
36
alveol/o
alveolus
37
py/o
pus
38
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
39
phon/o
sound, voice
40
pulmon/o
lung
41
radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
42
pharyng/o
pharynx
43
orth/o
straight
44
muc/o
mucus
45
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
46
ox/i
oxygen
47
lob/o
lobe
48
diaphragmat/o, phren/o
diaphragm
49
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
50
bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchus
51
pleur/o
pleura
52
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
53
-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
54
-tomy
cut into, incision
55
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
56
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
57
-scopy
visual examination
