Week 5 Terms Flashcards
1
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adenoid/o
A
adenioids
2
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alveol/o
A
alveolus
3
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bronch/o
A
bronchus (s)
4
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bronchi/o
A
bronchus (pl)
5
Q
diaphragmat/o
A
diaphragm
6
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phren/o
A
diaphragm
7
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
8
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
9
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
10
Q
nas/o
A
nose
11
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rhin/o
A
nose
12
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx
13
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pleur/o
A
pleura
14
Q
pneum/o
A
lung, air
15
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pneumat/o
A
lung, air
16
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pneumon/o
A
lung, air
17
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pulmon/o
A
lung
18
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sept/o
A
septum (wall off, fence)
19
Q
sinus/o
A
sinus
20
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thorac/o
A
thorax, chest, chest cavity
21
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tonsill/o
A
tonsil
22
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trache/o
A
trachea
23
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tom/o
A
cut, section
24
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal, excision
25
-stomy
creation of an artifical opening
26
-tomy
cut into, incision
27
-gram
record, radiographic image
28
-graph
instrument used to record; the record
29
-graphy
process of recording; radiographic imaging
30
-meter
instrument used to measure
31
-metry
measurement
32
atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
33
capn/o
carbon dixoide
34
hem/o
blood
35
hemat/o
blood
36
muc/o
mucus
37
orth/o
straight
38
ox/i
oxygen
39
phon/o
sound, voice
40
py/o
pus
41
radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
42
somn/o
sleep
43
son/o
sound
44
spri/o
breathe, breathing
45
a-
absence of, without
46
an-
absence of, without, used when word root begins with vowel
47
endo-
within
48
eu-
normal, good
49
poly-
many, much
50
tachy-
fast, rapid
51
-algia
pain
52
-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertianing to
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-eal
pertaining to
55
-cele
hernia or protrusion
56
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid with sterile needle
57
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
58
-emia
in the blood
59
-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
60
-pnea
breathing
61
-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding
62
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
63
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
64
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
65
-stenosis
construction or narrowing
66
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
67
-scopy
visual examination
