Respiratory System
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scoopnisker on November 6, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adenoid/o | adenoids |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| thrache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| alveol/o | alveolus (plural: alvioli) |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus (plural: bronchi) |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| thorac/o | chest |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -thorax | chest |
| aer/o | air |
| hydr/o | water |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| melan/o | black |
| orth/o | straight |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -phobia | fear |
| a- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| tachy- | rapid |
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