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respiratory terminol
RESPIRATORY MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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alveol/o | air sac, alveolus |
atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
adenoid/o | Adenoid |
anthrac/o | black |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
bronchi/o | bronchial tubes |
bronchial/o | bronchioles |
cyan/o | blue |
coni/o | Dust |
hem/o | blood |
laryng/o | Larynx |
lob/o | lobe |
nas/o | Nose |
or/o | mouth |
ox/i | Oxygen |
ox/o | oxygen |
ox/y | Oxygen |
olfact/o | smell, sense of smell |
orth/o | Straight |
pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
pector/o | Chest |
pneum/o | lungs and air |
pneumon/o | lungs and air |
pulm/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | Lungs |
pleur/o | pleura, side of body |
phren/o | Diaphragm, mind |
phon/o | sound, voice |
rhin/o | Nose |
steth/o | chest |
sphygm/o | Pulse |
sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
sept/o | Partition |
spir/o | breathing, breath |
tonsill/o | Tonsils |
trache/o | trachea |
thorac/o | Chest |
a- | without, absence of |
brady- | slow |
eu- | good, normal, well, easily |
pneu- | lungs and air |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
-meter | measure |
-osmia | smell |
-pnea | breathing |
-plegia | paralysis |
-phonia | voice |
-ptysis | spitting |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
-thorax | pleural cavity, chest |