Chapter 12 - Terminology Flashcards
(47 cards)
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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alveol/o
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alveolus air, air sac
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
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bronchial tube, bronchus
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole, small bronchus
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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coni/o
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dust
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cyan/o
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blue
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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lob/o
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lobe of the lung
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nas/o
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nose
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or/o
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mouth
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orth/o
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straight, upright
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pector/o
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chest
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phon/o
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voice
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phren/o
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diaphram
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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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sinus/o
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sinus, cavity
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spir/o
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breathing
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tel/o
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complete
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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-capnia
carbon dioxide
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-dynia
pain
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-ectasis
dilation, widening
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-ema
condition
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-lysis
breakdown
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-osmia
smell
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-phonia
voice, sound
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptysis
spitting
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-sphyxia
pulse
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-stenosis
tightening, stricture
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-stomy
new opening to form a mouth
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-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
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-trophy
nourishment, development
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em-
in
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, away from
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para-
near, beside, abnormal, along side of
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per-
through
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re-
back, again
