Scientific Terminology # 5 Flashcards by Izzy Brockmeyer | Brainscape

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-genesis

A

develop, origin, beginning

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-lysis

A

breaking down

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-phobia

A

abnormal fear

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hydro-

A

water

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dys-

A

painful, bad, diseased

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heter-

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different

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homo-

A

same

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haplo-

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single

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trans-

A

across

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pseudo-

A

false

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brady-

A

slow

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tachy-

A

fast

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scoli-

A

curved, crooked

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ot/o

A

ear

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audi/o

A

hearing

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rhin/o

A

nose

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sept/o

A

septum

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pneumon/o

A

lung

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pneum/o

A

lung

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pulmon/o

A

lung

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epiglott/o

A

epiglottis

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trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

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thrac/o

A

thoracic

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phren/o

A

diaphragm

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spir/o

A

breathe

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alveol/o

A

alveolus (air sac)

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bronchi/o

A

bronchus

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bronch/o

A

bronchus

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ox/i

A

oxygen

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ox/o

A

oxygen

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pneumectomy

A

to cut out the lung

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bronchitis

A

inflammation of the bronchus

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rhinoplasty

A

surgical repair of the nose

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thoracalgia

A

pain in the thoracic (chest)

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dyspnea

A

painful breathing

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tachypnea

A

fast breathing