Chapter 5 Flashcards by Shannon Feal

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adenoid/o

A

adenoids

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sept/o

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septum (wall off, fence)

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-emia

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in the blood

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-ar, -ary, -eal

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pertaining to

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son/o

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sound

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tom/o

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to cut, section, or slice

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eu-

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normal, good

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-graph

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instrument used to record, the record

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-graphy

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process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-rrhagia

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rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

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-pexy

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surgical fixation, suspension

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-pnea

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breathing

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-gram

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the record, radiographic image

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-cele

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hernia or protrusion

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-algia

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pain

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)

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trache/o

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trachea

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endo-

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within

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poly-

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many, much

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thorac/o

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thorax, chest, chest cavity

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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a-, an-

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absence of, without

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-metry

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measurement

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-thorax

chest, chest cavity

tachy-

fast, rapid

-meter

instrument used to measure

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

breathe, breathing

sinus/o

sinus

laryng/o

larynx

epiglott/o

epiglottis

capn/o

carbon dioxide

atel/o

imperfect, incomplete

alveol/o

alveolus

py/o

pus

pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

lung, air

phon/o

sound, voice

pulmon/o

lung

radi/o

x-rays, ionizing radiation

pharyng/o

pharynx

orth/o

straight

muc/o

mucus

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

ox/i

oxygen

lob/o

lobe

diaphragmat/o, phren/o

diaphragm

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

bronchi/o, bronch/o

bronchus

pleur/o

pleura

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-tomy

cut into, incision

-stenosis

constriction or narrowing

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination