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Respiratory System Medical Word Elements Flashcards

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sept/o

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septum

septoplasty is commonly performed to correct a deviated septum

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nas/o

rhin/o

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nose

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

sinusotomy is performed to improve ventilation or drainage in unresponsive sinusitis

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

peritonsillar: pertaining to the area around the tonsils

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

pharyngoscope: instrument for examining the throat

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

epiglottitis can cause severe airway obstruction and is treated as a medical emergency

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

tracheoplasty is performed to repair a narrow or stenotic trachea

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bronchi/o

bronch/o

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bronchus

bronchiectasis: dilation of (one or more) bronchi
ectasis: dilation/expansion

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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alveol/o

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alveolus; air sac

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pleur/o

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pleura

pleurocentesis: surgical puncture of the pleural cavity; also called thoracocentesis or thoracentesis

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pneum/o

pneumon/o

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air; lung

pneumectomy: excision of all or part of a lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

pulmonologist: specialist in the treatment of lungs and respiratory diseases

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anthrac/o

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coal; coal dust

anthracosis: abnormal condition of coal dust (in the lungs). a chronic occupational disease found in coal miners and those associated with the coal industry

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atel/o

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incomplete; imperfect

atelectasis: incomplete expansion of the lung; also called airless or collapsed lung

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coni/o

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dust

pneumoconiosis: condition of dust in the lungs

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cyan/o

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blue

cyanosis abnormal condition of blueness

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lob/o

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lobe

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orth/o

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straight

orthopnea: breathing in a straight (or upright) position

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ox/i

ox/o

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oxygen

oximeter: instrument used for measuring oxygen. Usually attached to the tip of a finger but may be aslo placed on a toe or ear lobe. It provides a measurement of the oxygen saturation level of the blood.
hypoxemia: deficiency of oxygen in blood

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pector/o

steth/o

thorac/o

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chest

pectoralgia: pain in the chest; also called thoracalgia, thoracodynia, and pectorodynia
stethoscope: instrument for examining the chest

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phren/o

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diaphragm; mind

phrenospasm: involuntary spasm of the diaphragm

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spir/o

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breathe

spirometer: instrument for measuring breathing; used for measuring how much air the lungs can hold as well as how much and how quickly air can be exhaled

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