Word List 4

Question 1

adenoid/o

Answer 1

adenoids

Question 2

aer/o

Answer 2

air

Question 3

alveol/o

Answer 3

alveolus

Question 4

cyan/o

Answer 4

blue

Question 5

laryng/o

Answer 5

larynx

Question 6

muc/o

Answer 6

mucus

Question 7

myc/o

Answer 7

fungus

Question 8

nas/o

Answer 8

nose

Question 9

ortho/o

Answer 9

straight

Question 10

pharyng/o

Answer 10

pharynx

Question 11

phren/o

Answer 11

diaphragm

Question 12

pleur/o

Answer 12

pleura

Question 13

pneum/o
pneumon/o

Answer 13

air; lung

Question 14

pulmon/o

Answer 14

lung

Question 15

py/o

Answer 15

pus

Question 16

rhin/o

Answer 16

nose

Question 17

thorac/o

Answer 17

chest

Question 18

tonsill/o

Answer 18

tonsils

Question 19

trache/o

Answer 19

trachea

Question 20

brady-

Answer 20

slow

Question 21

eu-

Answer 21

good, normal

Question 22

tachy-

Answer 22

rapid

Question 23

aerophagia

Answer 23

eating (swallowing) air

Question 24

anosmia
uh-NAWZ-mee-uh

Answer 24

without smell (loss/reduced sense of smell)

Question 25

anoxia uh-NAWK-see-uh

Answer 25

without oxygen

Question 26

apnea

Answer 26

without breathing

Question 27

asthma

Answer 27

chronic episodes of airway inflammation/narrowing

Question 28

asphyxia

Answer 28

extreme decrease in amount of oxygen in body

Question 29

atelectasis

Answer 29

collapsed lung

Question 30

bradypnea brah-DIHP-nee-uh

Answer 30

expansion/dilation of bronchi

Question 31

bronchiolitis

Answer 31

inflammation of bronchioles

Question 32

bronchitis

Answer 32

inflammation of bronchi

Question 33

bronchoscopy

Answer 33

visual examination of bronchi

Question 34

cyanosis

Answer 34

abnormal blue coloration

Question 35

dyspnea

Answer 35

difficulty breathing

Question 36

eupnea

Answer 36

normal breathing

Question 37

hemoptysis hee-MAWP-tih-sihs

Answer 37

coughing up blood

Question 38

hemothorax

Answer 38

blood in the chest or pleural cavity

Question 39

hypercapnia

Answer 39

excess carbon dioxide in the blood

Question 40

hypoxemia

Answer 40

low oxygen in the blood

Question 41

hypoxia

Answer 41

low oxygen in the tissues

Question 42

laryngoplegia luh-rihn-goh-PLEE-jee-uh

Answer 42

paralysis of the larynx

Question 43

laryngoscope luh-RIHN-goh-skohp

Answer 43

instrument for examining the larynx

Question 44

orthopnea

Answer 44

breathing straight (difficulty breathing lying down)

Question 45

pharyngospasm fuh-RIHN-goh-spah-zuhm

Answer 45

involuntary contraction/twitching of pharynx

Question 46

phrenalgia

Answer 46

pain of the diaphragm

Question 47

pleurisy PLUHR-uh-see

Answer 47

inflammation of pleura

Question 48

pleurodynia pluhr-uh-DIH-nee-uh

Answer 48

pain of the pleura

Question 49

pneumomelanosis

Answer 49

blackening of the lung tissue

Question 50

pneumonia

Answer 50

infection of the lung

Question 51

pneumothorax

Answer 51

collapsed lung from air in pleural cavity

Question 52

polysomnography

Answer 52

process of recording sleep (sleep study test)

Question 53

rales

Answer 53

crackling noise heard with auscultation of the lung

Question 54

rhonchi RAWN-kye

Answer 54

coarse rattling breath sound

Question 55

spirometry spiy-RAWM-uh-tree

Answer 55

act of measuring the breath

Question 56

sputum SPYOO-tuhm

Answer 56

mucus coughed up from airways

Question 57

stridor STRIY-duhr

Answer 57

wheeze like sound heard with auscultation

Question 58

tachypnea tah-KIHP-nee-uh

Answer 58

rapid breathing

Question 59

thoracocentesis thohr-AH-koh-sehn-TEE-sihs

Answer 59

surgical puncture of chest (to remove fluid)

Question 60

thoracopathy

Answer 60

disease of chest

Question 61

tonsillectomy

Answer 61

tonsil removal

Question 62

tracheostomy

Answer 62

forming an opening in the trachea

Question 63

tracheotomy

Answer 63

incision of the trachea

Question 64

tuberculosis

Answer 64

infectious disease caused by bacteria

Question 65

wheezes

Answer 65

coarse, whistling lung sound caused by narrow airways