chapter 7 Flashcards
a-
without
-al
pertaining to
An-
without
Anti-
Against
Asbest
Asbestos
Atel
Incomplete
-ation
Sate or action
Brady-
Slow
Bronch, Bronch/i
Bronchus
Bronch/o
Bronchi or bronchial tubes
Capn
Carbon dioxide
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
Coni
Dust
Cyan
Blue
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult
-ectomy
Surgical removal
-ectasis
Streching or enlargement
-emia
Blood
Eu-
Good
Expector
To cough up
Fibros
Fibrous connective tissue
-graghy
Process of recording
Hem/o
Blood
Hyp-
Deficient
Hyper
Excessive
Hypo-
Decreased
-ia
Abnormal condition
-itis
Inflammation
-ive
Perorms
Larying/o
Larynx
Lob
Lobe
-meter
To measure
Nas, nas/o
Nose
-ologist
Specialist
Or/o
Mouth
-osis
Abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy
Surgically creating an opening
Ot/o
Ear
-otomy
Surgical incision
Ox
Oxygen
Para-
Near
-pharynx
Throat
Phon
Sound
-plasty
Surgical repair
-pnea
Breathing
Pneum/o
Lung of air
Pneum/o
Lung
Pneumon
Lung
Poly-
Many
-ptysis
Spitting
Pulmon
Lung
Rhin
Nose
-rrhea
Abnormal discharge
-scopy
Direct visual examination
Sept/o
Septum
Silic
glass
Sinus
Sinus
Somn/o
Sleep
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
Spir/o
To breathe
Tachy-
Rapid
Thor/a
Thorax or chest
-thorax
Chest
-rrhagia
Bleeding
Trache/o
Trachea
Tuss
Cough
-ventilation
Breathing