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Chapter 7 vocab Flashcards

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a-

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without

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al

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pertaining to

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An

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Without

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Anti

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against

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Asbest

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Asbestos

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Atel

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incomplete

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ation

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state or action

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brady

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slow

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Bronch/ Bronchi

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Bronchus

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Bronch/o

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Bronchi or Bronchial tubes

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capn

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Carbon Dioxide

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centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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coni

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dust

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cyan

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blue

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dys

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Bad, painful, difficult

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ectasis

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stretching or enlargement

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ectomy

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surgical removal

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emia

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blood

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eu

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good

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expector

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to cough up

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fibros

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fibrous connective tissue

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graphy

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process of recording

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Hem/o

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blood

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Hyp

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deficient

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Hyper

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excessive

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hypo

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decreased

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ia

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abnormal condition

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itis

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inflammation

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ive

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performs

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lob

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lobe

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meter

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to measure

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nas, Nas/o

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nose

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ologist

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specialist

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or/o

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mouth

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osis

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abnormal condition or disease

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ostomy

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Surgically creating an opening

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ot/o

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ear

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otomy

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surgical incision

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ox

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oxygen

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para

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near

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pharynx

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throat

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phon

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sound

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plasty

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surgical repair

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pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o

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lung or air

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pneum/o

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lung

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pneumon

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lung

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poly

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many

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ptysis

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spitting

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pulmon

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lung

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rhin

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nose

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rrhagia

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bleeding

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rrhea

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abnormal discharge

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scopy

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direct visual examination

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sept/o

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septum

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silic

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glass

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sinus

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sinus

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somn/o

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sleep

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spasm

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involuntary contraction

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spir/o

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to breathe

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tachy

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rapid

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thor/a

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thorax or chest

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thorax

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea

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tuss

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cough

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ventilation

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breathing

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