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adenoid/o
WR: adenoids
TERM 2
alveol/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: alveolus (plural, alveoli)
TERM 3
atel/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: incomplete, imperfect
TERM 4
bronch/o, bronchi/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: bronchus (plural, bronchi)
TERM 5
chondr/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: cartilage
epiglott/o
WR: epiglottis
TERM 7
laryng/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: larynx (voice box)
TERM 8
nas/o,
rhin/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: nose
TERM 9
or/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: mouth
TERM 10
ox/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: oxygen
spir/o
WR: to breathe
TERM 17
thorac/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: chest
TERM 18
tonsill/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: tonsils
TERM 19
trache/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: trachea (windpipe)
TERM 20
acid/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: acid
aer/o
WR: air
TERM 22
arteri/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: artery
TERM 23
carcin/o
DEFINITION 23
WR: cancer
TERM 24
cyst/o
DEFINITION 24
WR: bladder
TERM 25
fibr/o
DEFINITION 25
WR: fiber, fibrous tissue
muc/o
WR: mucus
TERM 32
my/o
DEFINITION 32
WR: muscle
TERM 33
myc/o
DEFINITION 33
WR: fungus
TERM 34
orth/o
DEFINITION 34
WR: straight
TERM 35
tom/o
DEFINITION 35
WR: to cut
centesis
S: surgical puncture
TERM 37
ectomy
DEFINITION 37
S: excision, removal
TERM 38
plasty
DEFINITION 38
S: surgical repair
TERM 39
rrhaphy
DEFINITION 39
S: suture
TERM 40
tome
DEFINITION 40
S: instrument to cut
graphy
S: process of recording
TERM 47
itis
DEFINITION 47
S: inflammation
TERM 48
logist
DEFINITION 48
S: specialist in study of
TERM 49
malacia
DEFINITION 49
S: softening
TERM 50
metry
DEFINITION 50
S: act of measuring
oma
S: tumor
TERM 52
osis
DEFINITION 52
S: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood
cells)
TERM 53
pathy
DEFINITION 53
S: disease
TERM 54
phagia
DEFINITION 54
S: swallowing, eating
TERM 55
phobia
DEFINITION 55
S: fear
scopy
S: visual examination
TERM 62
spasm
DEFINITION 62
S: involuntary contraction, twitching
TERM 63
stenosis
DEFINITION 63
S: narrowing, stricture
TERM 64
therapy
DEFINITION 64
S: treatment
TERM 65
thorax
DEFINITION 65
S: chest
al, ic, ous
S: pertaining to
TERM 67
ia
DEFINITION 67
S: condition
TERM 68
ist
DEFINITION 68
S: specialist
TERM 69
an
DEFINITION 69
P: without, not
TERM 70
epi
DEFINITION 70
P: above, upon
peri
P: around
TERM 77
AIDS
DEFINITION 77
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
TERM 78
ARDS
DEFINITION 78
acute respiratory distress syndrome
TERM 79
CA
DEFINITION 79
cancer; chronological age; cardiac arrest
TERM 80
CF
DEFINITION 80
cystic fibrosis
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
TERM 82
CO
DEFINITION 82
carbon dioxide
TERM 83
CPR
DEFINITION 83
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
TERM 84
Dx
DEFINITION 84
diagnosis
TERM 85
HF
DEFINITION 85
heart failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Respiratory insufficiency marked by progressive hypoxia
TERM 92
anoxia
DEFINITION 92
Total absence of oxygen in body tissues
TERM 93
atelectasis
DEFINITION 93
Collapse of lung tissue, preventing respiratory exchange of
oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
TERM 94
empyema
DEFINITION 94
Pus in a body cavity, especially in the pleural cavity
(pyothorax)
TERM 95
hypoxemia
DEFINITION 95
Deficiency of oxygen in the blood, usually a sign of
respiratory impairment
hypoxia
Deficiency of oxygen in body tissues, usually a sign of
respiratory impairment
TERM 97
influenza
DEFINITION 97
Acute, contagious respiratory infection characterized by
sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, and muscle pain
TERM 98
lung cancer
DEFINITION 98
Pulmonary malignancy commonly attributed to cigarette
smoking
TERM 99
pertussis
DEFINITION 99
Acute infectious disease characterized by a "whoop"-
sounding cough, also called whooping cough
TERM 100
pneumothorax
DEFINITION 100
Collection of air in the pleural cavity, causing the complete or
partial collapse of a lung
