Words Oftenly Used Flashcards
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Visceral
Inner
Parietal
Outer
Tonsillitis
Inflammation of a tonsill
Amygdalotome
An instrument for excision of a tonsil
Kapnos
Smoke
Pneumoconiosis
(-coniosis)
A condition affecting the respiratory tract owing to inhalation of dust particles in general
Siderosis
The deposit of excess iron in the body tissue (caused by iron particles in dust that is inhaled)
Lobe
The part being down
lobules of lung
Units of the lung consisting of a respiratory bronchiole and its branches
Emphysema
Condition of blowing up (associated with cigarette smoking)
Pneumocentesis
Surgical puncture of a lung
Pneumohaemia
Presence of air in the blood
Septic
Pertaining to sepsis
Septoplasty
Plastic surgery of the nasal septum
Septipara
Someone who has given brith for the seventh time
Septigravida
Someone who has been pregnant seven times
Inspiration
Inhalation
Drawing air into the lungs
Expiration
Exhalation
Expulsion of air from the lungs
Respiration
The total act of breathing
Inhalation + Exhalation
Staphylococcus
A micro-organism that clusters together like a bunch of grapes
Streptococcus
A micro-organism that forms twisted chains
Sudor
Sweat
Sudoresis
Profuse sweating
Hidrosis
Sweat
Excessive sweating