Medical Terminology 3

Question 1

Stethoscope

Answer 1

an instrument used to transmit to the examiner’s ears sounds produced in the body

Question 2

Thoracocentesis

Answer 2

insertion of a needle through the chest wall and into the pleural space, usually to remove fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Question 3

Thoracodynia

Answer 3

thoracic pain

Question 4

Thoracoplasty

Answer 4

plastic surgery to alter the size and shape of the chest wall

Question 5

Thoracotomy

Answer 5

surgical incision of the chest wall

Question 6

Tonsillar

Answer 6

pert. to a tonsil, esp. the faucial or palatine tonsil

Question 7

Tonsillectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal of the tonsils

Question 8

Tonsillitis

Answer 8

inflammation of a tonsil, esp. the faucial tonsil

Question 9

Tonsillotome

Answer 9

a surgical instrument used in tonsillectomy

Question 10

Endotracheal

Answer 10

placed within the tracheal; applied or effected through the trachea

Question 11

Laryngotracheobronchitis

Answer 11

inflammation of the larynx, trachea and bronchi

Question 12

Tracheoesophageal

Answer 12

pert. to the trachea and esophagus

Question 13

Tracheostomy

Answer 13

the surgical opening of the trachea to provide and secure an open airway

Question 14

Tracheotomy

Answer 14

incision into the trachea through the skin and soft tissues of the neck

Question 15

Hypercapnia

Answer 15

an increase in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood, typically to levels greater than 45 or 50 mmHg

Question 16

Hypocapnia

Answer 16

a decreased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood

Question 17

Bronchography

Answer 17

an obsolete radiographic technique for imaging the tracheobronchial tree after instillation of an oil-based constrast medium

Question 18

Pulmonary Angiography

Answer 18

angiography of the pulmonary vessels

Question 19

Aphonia

Answer 19

loss of speech sounds from the larynx, as may occur in chronic laryngitis

Question 20

Dysphonia

Answer 20

difficulty in speaking; hoarseness