Chapter 4 Vocab Review Flashcards by Kezia Varughese

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alveol/o-

A

alveolus (air sac)

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anthrac/o-

A

coal

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asbest/o-

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asbestos

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aspir/o-

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to breathe in; to suck in

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asthm/o-

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asthma

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atel/o-

A

incomplete

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bacteri/o-

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bacterium

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broch/o-

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bronchus

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bronchi/o-

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bronchiole

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capn/o-

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carbon dioxide

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carbox/y-

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carbon monoxide

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cocc/o-

A

spherical bacterium

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coni/o-

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dust

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cortic/o-

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cortex (outer region)

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cyan/o-

A

blue

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cyst/o-

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bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst

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diaphrahgmat/o-

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diaphragm

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dilat/o-

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dilate; widen

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effus/o-

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a pouring out

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embol/o-

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embolus (occluding plug)

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fibr/o-

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fiber

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fus/o-

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pouring

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glob/o-

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shaped like a globe; comprehensive

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glott/o-

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glottis (of the larynx)

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hal/o-

breathe

hem/o-

blood

hil/o-

hilum (indentation in an organ)

lob/o-

lobe of an organ

malign/o-

intentionally causing harm; cancer

metabol/o-

change; transformation

muc/o-

mucus

mucos/o-

mucous membrane

opportun/o-

well timed; taking advantage of an opportunity

ox/y-

oxygen; quick

pariet/o-

wall of a cavity

paroxysm/o-

sudden, sharp attack

pector/o-

chest

phil/o-

attraction to; fondness for

phren/o-

diaphragm; mind

phys/o-

inflate; distend; grow

pleur/o-

pleura (lung membrane)

pne/o-

breathing

pneum/o-

lung; air

purul/o-

pus

py/o-

pus

resuscit/o-

revive; raise up again

sept/o-

septum (dividing wall)

spir/o-

breathe; a coil

steth/o-

chest

tract/o-

pulling

tub/o-

tube

tuber/o-

nodule

tubercul/o-

nodule; tuberculosis

turbin/o-

scroll-like structure; turbinate

tuss/o-

cough

ventil/o-

movement of air

circum-

around

em-

in

ex-

out; away from

pan-

all

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

-an

without; not

-ator

person who produces or does; thing that produces

-cle

a small thing

-drome

a running

-ectasis

condition of dilation

-ema

condition

-emia

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

-ent

pertaining to

-isy

condition of inflammation or infection

-meter

instrument used to measure

-ole

small thing

-or

person who produces or does; thing that produces

-pharynx

pharynx (throat)

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

abnormal condition of coughing up

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-steroid

steroid

-thorax

thorax (chest)

-tic

pertaining to