Lesson 10 and 11 (exercise 2)

Question 1

Having two cusps (or projections)

Answer 1

Bicuspid

Question 2

puncturing of a vein or the surgical opening of a vein (to withdraw blood)

Answer 2

Phlebotomy

Question 3

production of starch

Answer 3

Amylogenesis

Question 4

inflammation of a sinus

Answer 4

Sinusitis

Question 5

irregularity or loss of rhythm, especially of the heart

Answer 5

arrhythmia

Question 6

pertaining to or involving the lungs

Answer 6

Pulmonary

Question 7

capillary disorder or disease

Answer 7

Capillaropathy

Question 8

Resembling pus

Answer 8

Puriform

Question 9

(surgical) destruction of the vagus nerve

Answer 9

Vagolysis

Question 10

removal of all or a segment of the vas deferens

Answer 10

vasectomy

Question 11

having the heart on the right side of the body

Answer 11

Dextrocardia

Question 12

any disease that affects the (function or structure of) the aorta

Answer 12

Aortopathy

Question 13

stone within a vein

Answer 13

phlebolith

Question 14

agent that promotes the clearance of mucus (from the respiratory tract)

Answer 14

expectorant

Question 15

instrument for measuring the pulse

Answer 15

sphygmometer

Question 16

act or process of stretching

Answer 16

Tension

Question 17

capable of producing a blood clot

Answer 17

thrombogenic

Question 18

small varix

Answer 18

Varicula

Question 19

Contraction of a vein

Answer 19

Venospasm

Question 20

Flowing backward

Answer 20

Regurgitation

Question 21

Pertaining to a tonsil

Answer 21

Amygdaline

Question 22

Substance that promotes growth (in plant cells and tissues)

Answer 22

Auxin

Question 23

Pertaining to the lips and teeth

Answer 23

Labiodental

Question 24

Any fungal infection of the bronchi or bronchial tubes

Answer 24

Bronchomycosis

Question 25

Swelling containing gas or air

Answer 25

Pneumatocele

Question 26

Study of dust (and its effects)

Answer 26

Coniology

Question 27

Iron deficiency in the blood

Answer 27

Sideropenia

Question 28

Surgical opening of the trachea

Answer 28

Tracheostomy

Question 29

inflammation of the alveoli

Answer 29

Alveolitis

Question 30

(Congenital) absence of the lungs

Answer 30

Apneumia

Question 31

Oozing of a fluid (through pores or interstices)

Answer 31

Transudation

Question 32

Decreased amount of carbon dioxide (in the blood)

Answer 32

Hypocapnia

Question 33

Resembling a bacterium

Answer 33

Bacteroid

Question 34

Presence of staphylococci in the blood

Answer 34

Staphylococcemia

Question 35

Science of the ear, nose and larynx

Answer 35

Otorhinolaryngology

Question 36

Plastic surgery to alter the (size and shape of the) chest wall

Answer 36

Thoracoplasty

Question 37

Suture of a lung

Answer 37

Pneumonorrhaphy

Question 38

Excision of (part of) the pleura

Answer 38

Pleurectomy

Question 39

Instrument used to open the trachea

Answer 39

Tracheotome

Question 40

Across the thorax

Answer 40

Transthoracic