Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
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instrument used for examining
A
scope
2
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voice box
A
larynx
3
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“nas/o, rhin/o” means
A
nose
4
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throat
A
pharynx
5
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trache/o
A
trachea (windpipe)
6
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tonsil/o
A
tonsils
7
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alveol/o
A
alveolus
8
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bronchi/o, bronch/o
A
bronchus
9
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bronchiol/o
A
bronchiole
10
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pleur/o
A
pleura
11
Q
pneum/o, pneumon/o
A
air, lung
12
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pulmon/o
A
lung
13
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-ectasis
A
dilation, expansion
14
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-osmia
A
smell
15
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-oxia
A
oxygen
16
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-phagia
A
swallowing, eating
17
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-pnea
A
breathing
18
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-spasm
A
involuntary contraction, twitching
19
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-thorax
A
chest
20
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-ia
A
a condition
21
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inflammation of both lungs
A
pneumonia
22
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hyp
A
low
23
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temporary cessation of breathing
A
apnea
24
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bluish discoloration of skin
A
cyanosis
25
plasty
surgical repair
26
aerophagia
swallowing air
27
-therapy
treatment
28
myc
fungus
29
CA
cancer
30
plegia
paralysis
31
-scope
instrument to examine
32
neo
new
33
pathy
disease
34
malacia
softening
35
clusters of air sacs at the end of the bronchi
alveoli
36
breathe in air (inhale)
external respiration
37
exchange of gases
internal respiration
38
centesis
surgical puncture
39
lob
lobe
40
a-
without, not
41
brady-
slow
42
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
43
eu-
good, normal
44
tachy-
rapid
45
dyspnea
painful or difficult breathing
46
phren/o
mind, diaphragm
47
breathing air into the lungs
inspiration
48
breathing air out the lungs
expiration
49
during inspiration, the diaphragm
descends
50
during expiration, the diaphragm
ascends
51
muc/o
mucus
52
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
53
emphys/o
inflate
54
TB
tuberculosis
55
plasm
formation, growth
56
or/o
mouth
57
orth/o
straight
58
carcin/o
cancer
59
spir/o
breathe
60
poly
many
61
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
62
Dx
diagnosis
63
HF
heart failure
64
PE
pulmonary embolism
