Word Parts (Chapter 7) Flashcards by Victoria Bussard | Brainscape

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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sinus/o

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sinuses (sinus)

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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trache/o, trachea

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trachea, windpipe

Located directly in front of esophagus.

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchi, bronchus, bronchial tube

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alveol/o

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alveoli, alveolus, air sac, small sac

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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lungs, air

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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

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oxygen

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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-pnea

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breathing

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pulm/o, pulmon/o, sinus/o

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lung, sinus

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somn/o

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sleep

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spir/o

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breathe

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thorac/o, -thorax

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chest, plural cavity

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dys-

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abnormal, painful, labored, defective

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a, an

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without, lack of absence of…

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-scopy

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process of viewing or examining

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-rrhage

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bleeding, hemorrage

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-ptysis

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coughing or spitting

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-centises

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surgical puncture for removal of fluid

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pariet/o

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wall

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viscer/o

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internal organ

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-ostomy

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a new permanent opening

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-oxia

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exchange of gases

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atel

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incomplete

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-ectasis

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stretching or enlargement

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fibros

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fibrous connective tissue

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coni

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dust

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anthrac

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coal dust

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asbest

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asbestos

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silic

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glass

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-ventilation

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breathing

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expector/o

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cough up

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-ation

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state or action

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capn

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carbon dioxide

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-emia

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blood

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somn/o

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sleep

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tuss

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cough

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-ive

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performs

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sept/o

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septum