Word List 4 Flashcards by Aidan Schreck

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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aer/o

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air

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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cyan/o

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blue

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laryng/o

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larynx

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muc/o

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mucus

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myc/o

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fungus

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nas/o

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nose

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ortho/o

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straight

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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phren/o

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diaphragm

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneum/o
pneumon/o

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air; lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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py/o

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pus

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rhin/o

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nose

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thorac/o

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chest

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea

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brady-

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slow

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eu-

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good, normal

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tachy-

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rapid

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aerophagia

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eating (swallowing) air

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anosmia
uh-NAWZ-mee-uh

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without smell (loss/reduced sense of smell)

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anoxia
uh-NAWK-see-uh

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without oxygen

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apnea

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without breathing

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asthma

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chronic episodes of airway inflammation/narrowing

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asphyxia

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extreme decrease in amount of oxygen in body

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atelectasis

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collapsed lung

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bradypnea
brah-DIHP-nee-uh

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expansion/dilation of bronchi

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bronchiolitis

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inflammation of bronchioles

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bronchitis

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inflammation of bronchi

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bronchoscopy

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visual examination of bronchi

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cyanosis

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abnormal blue coloration

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dyspnea

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difficulty breathing

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eupnea

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normal breathing

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hemoptysis
hee-MAWP-tih-sihs

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coughing up blood

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hemothorax

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blood in the chest or pleural cavity

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hypercapnia

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excess carbon dioxide in the blood

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hypoxemia

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low oxygen in the blood

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hypoxia

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low oxygen in the tissues

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laryngoplegia
luh-rihn-goh-PLEE-jee-uh

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paralysis of the larynx

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laryngoscope
luh-RIHN-goh-skohp

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instrument for examining the larynx

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orthopnea

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breathing straight (difficulty breathing lying down)

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pharyngospasm
fuh-RIHN-goh-spah-zuhm

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involuntary contraction/twitching of pharynx

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phrenalgia

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pain of the diaphragm

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pleurisy
PLUHR-uh-see

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inflammation of pleura

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pleurodynia
pluhr-uh-DIH-nee-uh

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pain of the pleura

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pneumomelanosis

A

blackening of the lung tissue

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pneumonia

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infection of the lung

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pneumothorax

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collapsed lung from air in pleural cavity

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polysomnography

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process of recording sleep (sleep study test)

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rales

A

crackling noise heard with auscultation of the lung

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rhonchi
RAWN-kye

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coarse rattling breath sound

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spirometry
spiy-RAWM-uh-tree

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act of measuring the breath

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sputum
SPYOO-tuhm

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mucus coughed up from airways

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stridor
STRIY-duhr

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wheeze like sound heard with auscultation

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tachypnea
tah-KIHP-nee-uh

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rapid breathing

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thoracocentesis
thohr-AH-koh-sehn-TEE-sihs

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surgical puncture of chest (to remove fluid)

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thoracopathy

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disease of chest

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tonsillectomy

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tonsil removal

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tracheostomy

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forming an opening in the trachea

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tracheotomy

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incision of the trachea

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tuberculosis

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infectious disease caused by bacteria

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wheezes

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coarse, whistling lung sound caused by narrow airways