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Chapter 5: Word Parts Flashcards

Respiratory System and Introduction to Diagnostic Procedures and Tests

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adenoid/o

Example: adenoid/itis

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Adenoids

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alveol/o

Example: alveol/itis

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Alveolus

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atel/o

Example: atel/ectasis

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Imperfect, incomplete

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bronchi/o, bronch/o

Example: bronchi/ectasis

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Bronchus

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capn/o

Example: capn/o/meter

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Carbon dioxide

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diaphragmat/o, phren/o

Example: diaphragmat/o/cele

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Diaphragm

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epiglott/o

Example: epiglott/itis

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Epiglottis

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hem/o, hemat/o

Example: hem/o/thorax

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Blood

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laryng/o

Example: laryng/itis

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Larynx

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lob/o

Example: lob/ectomy

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Lobe

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muc/o

Example: muc/oid

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Mucus

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nas/o, rhin/o

Example: rhin/o/plasty

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nose

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orth/o

Example: orth/o/pnea

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Straight

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ox/i

Example: ox/i/meter

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Oxygen

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pharyng/o

Example: pharyng/itis

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Pharynx

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phon/o

Example: dys/phon/ia

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Sound, voice

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pleur/o

Example: pleur/itis

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Pleura

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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

Example: pneumon/ia

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Lung, air

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pulmon/o

Example: pulmon/ary

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Lung

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py/o

Example: py/o/thorax

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Pus

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radi/o

Example: radi/o/logy

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X-rays, ionizing radiation

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sept/o

Example: sept/o/tomy

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Septum (wall off, fence)

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sinus/o

Example: sinus/o/tomy

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Sinus

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somn/o

Example: poly/somn/o/graphy

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Sleep

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spir/o

Example: spir/o/meter

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Breathe, breathing

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son/o

Example: son/o/graphy

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Sound

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thorac/o

Example: tonsill/itis

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Thorax, chest, chest cavity

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tom/o

Example: tom/o/graphy

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To cut, section, or slice

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tonsill/o

Example: tonsill/itis

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Tonsill

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trache/o

Example: trache/o/stomy

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Trachea

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a-, an-

Example: a/pnea

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Absence of, without

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endo-

Example: endo/scope

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Within

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eu-

Example: eu/pnea

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Normal, good

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poly-

Example: poly/somn/o/graphy

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Many, much

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-graph

Example: radi/o/graph

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Instrument used to record, the record

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-graphy

Example: poly/somn/o/graphy

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Process of recording, radiograph imaging

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-metry

Example: spir/o/metry

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Measurement

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-meter

Example: spir/o/meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-pexy

Example: pleur/o/pexy

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Surgical fixation, suspension

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-pnea

Example: a/pnea

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Breathing

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-rrhagia

Example: rhin/o/rrhagia

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Rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

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-scope

Example: bronch/o/scope

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Instrument used for visual examination

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tachy-

Example: tachy/pnea

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Fast, rapid

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-algia

Example: thorac/algia

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Pain

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-cele

Example: pneumat/o/cele

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Hernia or protrusion

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-ar, -ary, -eal

Example: laryng/eal

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Pertaining to

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-centesis

Example: thorac/o/centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)

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-ectasis

Example: atel/ectasis

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Streatching out, dilation, expansion

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-emia

Example: hyp/ox/emia

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In the blood

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-gram

Example: son/o/gram

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The record, radiographic image

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-scopic

Example: endo/scopic

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Pertaining to visual examination

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-scopy

Example: endo/scopy

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Visual examination

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-spasm

Example: bronch/o/spasm

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Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-stenosis

Example: trache/o/stenosis

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Constriction or narrowing

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-thorax

Example: pneum/o/thorax

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Chest, chest cavity

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-stomy

Example: laryng/o/stomy

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Creation of artificial opening

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-tomy

Example: trache/o/tomy

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Cut into, incision

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