BASIC MEDICAL LANGUAGE 3RD EDITION
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 BRONCH | BRONCHUS, BRONCHI |
| CAPN | CARBON DIOXIDE |
| LARYNG | LARYNX |
| MUC | MUCUS |
| OX | OXYGEN |
| PHARYNG | PHARYNX |
| PNEUM, PNEUMON, PULMON | LUNG, AIR |
| PY | PUS |
| RHIN, NAS | NOSE |
| SINUS | SINUS |
| THORAC | CHEST |
| TRACHE | TRACHEA |
| ARY, EAL | PERTAINING TO |
| CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| IA | CONDITION OF |
| METER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| PNEA | BREATHING |
| RRHAGIA | RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD |
| RRHEA | FLOW |
| SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| SCOPIC | PERTAINING TO VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| STOMY | ARTIFICIAL OPENING |
| THORAX | CHEST, THORAX |
| A, AN | WITHOUT |
| DYS | DIFFICULT |
| ENDO | WITHIN |
| HYPER | EXCESSIVE |
| HYPEROXIA | CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE OXYGEN |
| HYPERCAPNIA | CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE |
| HYPOCAPNIA | CONDITON OF DEFICIENT CARBON DIOXIDE |
| HYPOXIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIENT OXYGEN |
| CAPNOMETER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE CARBON DIOXIDE |
| OXIMETER | INSTURMENT USED TO MEASURE OXYGEN |
| RHINORRHEA | DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE |
| RHINOMYCOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF FUNGUS IN THE NOSE |
| RHINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE |
| RHINORRHAGIA | RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE NOSE |
| NASAL | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE |
| SINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUS |
| RHINOSINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE AND SINUS |
| SINUSOTOMY | INCISION INTO A SINUS |
| MUCOUS | PERTAINING TO MUCUS |
| MUCOID | RESEMBLING MUCUS |
| PHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX |
| NASOPHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT |
| LARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX |
| PHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE PHARYNX |
| LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE LARYNX AND PHARYNX |
| LARYNGECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOSCOPE | INSTURMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE LARYNX |
| TRACHEOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE TRACHEA |
| ENDOTRACHEAL | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE TRACHEA |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| BRONCHOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| BRONCHOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| PNEUMONIA | DISEASED STATE OF THE LUNGS |
| BRONCHOPNEUMONIA | DISEASED STATE OF THE LUNGS AND BRONCHI |
| PNEUMONECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LUNG |
| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS |
| THORACOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE CHEST |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | AIR IN THE CHEST |
| PYOGENIC | PRODUCING PUS |
| PYORRHEA | DISCHARGE OF PUS |
| THORACOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FROM THE CHEST |
| ENDOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| ENDOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| ENDOSCOPIC | PERTAINING TO VISUAL EXAMINATION WITHIN |
| THORACOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE CHEST |
| THORACOSCOPIC | PERTAINING TO VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE CHEST |
| APNEA | WITHOUT BREATHING |
| DYSPNEA | DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL BREATHING |
| HYPERPNEA | EXCESSIVE BREATHING |
| HYPOPNEA | DEFICIENT BREATHING |
| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE | COPD |
| UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION | URI |
| INFLUENZA | FLU |
| TUBERCULOSIS | TB |
| CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN | CT |
| CHEST RADIOGRAPHY | CXR |
| DIET AS TOLERATED | DAT |
| DISCHARGE | DISCH |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM | EEG |
| ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE | ESR |
| END STAGE RENAL DISEASE | ESRD |
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