Ch11 Word Parts: Respiratory System Flashcards
1
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adenoid/o
A
adenoid
2
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alveol/o
A
alveolus
3
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aspir/o
A
to breathe or to suck in
4
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atel/o
A
incomplete
5
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ausculat/o
A
listening
6
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bronchi/o, bronch/o
A
bronchus (windpipe)
7
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capn/o, capn/i
A
carbon dioxide
8
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cost/o
A
rib
9
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diaphragmat/o
A
diaphragm
10
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epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
11
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larygn/o
A
larynx
12
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lob/o
A
lobe
13
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mediastin/o
A
mediastinum (middle septum)
14
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muc/o
A
mucus
15
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nas/o
A
nose
16
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ox/o, ox/a
A
oxygen
17
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pector/o
A
chest
18
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx
19
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phon/o
A
sound, voice
20
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phren/o
A
diaphragm
21
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pleur/o
A
rib, side, pleura (lung)
22
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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
A
lung, air
23
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pulmon/o
A
lung
24
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rhin/o
A
nose
25
sept/o
septum, thin wall
26
sinus/o
sinus, hollow space
27
spir/o
breathe
28
thorac/o
thorax, chest
29
tonsill/o
tonsil
30
a-, an-
wihout, not
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dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
32
em-
in
33
eu-
good, normal
34
hypo-
below, deficient
35
in-
not
36
pan-
all, entire
37
per-
through
38
tachy-
rapid, fast
39
-algia
pain
40
-al, -ar, -ary, -ic
pertaining to
41
-cele
herniation, protrusion
42
-centesis
puncture to aspirate
43
-ectasis
dilation, stretching
44
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
45
-emia
blood (condition of )
46
-graphy
a writing, description
47
-itis
inflammation
48
-metry
measurement of
49
-phonia
condition of the voice
50
-plasty
surgical repair, reconstruction
51
-plegia
paralysis
52
-pnea
breathing
53
-rrhagia
flowing forth
54
-scopy
process of examining, examination
55
-spasm
involuntary movement
56
-stomy
artificial or surgical opening
57
-tomy
incision (a cutting operation)
