L5 CH7 WP Flashcards
Alveol/o
Alveoli
Bronch/o
bronchi, bronchus, Bronchial tube
Cyan/o
Blue
Hem/o
Blood
Laryng/o
Larynx, voice box
Nas/o
Nose
Orth/o
Straight
Ox/i
Oxygen
Pharyng/o
Pharynx, throat
Pneumon/o
Lung, air
Pulmon/o
Lung
Py/o
Pus
Rhin/o
Nose
Spir/o
To breathe
Trache/o
Trachea, windpipe
eu-
Good, normal
para-
Beside
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-dynia
Pain
-ia
Abnormal condition
-metry
To measure
-osis
Abnormal condition
-pnea
Breathing
-ptysis
Spitting up, coughing up
-rrhagia
Bleeding
-scopy
Visual examination
or/o
mouth
ot/o
ear
-spasm
involuntary contraction
sinus
sinus
phon
sound or voice
-ectasis
stretching or enlargement
-isy
noun ending
pleur
pleura
-thorax
chest
atel
incomplete
fibros
fibrous
connective tissue
-is
noun ending
coni
dust
-osis
abnormal condition or disease
asbest
asbestos
silic
glass
expector
to cough up
-ation
state or action
capn
carbon dioxide
-scopy
visual examination
somn/o
sleep
-meter
to
measure
tuss
cough
-ive
performs
sept/o
septum
lob
lobe
thor/a
thorax or chest
thorac
chest