Respiratory Medical Terms

alveol/o

alveolus

atel/o

imperfect or incomplete

aer/o

air or gas

bronch/o

bronchi/o

airway or bronchus

carcin/o

cancer

chondr/o

cartilage

-ecstasis

dilation or expansion

eu-

well, good, healthy, normal

epiglott/o

epiglottis

lob/o

lobe

laryng/o

larynx

nas/o

rhino-

nose

muc/o

mucus

ox/o

oxygen

or/o

stomat/o

mouth

pulmon/o

lung

pharyng/o

throat

pleur/o

pleura

-phonia

sound

voice

pneum/o

air/lung gas

pneumon/o

air/lung

phren/o

diaphragm; mind

-pnea

breathing

sinus/o

sinus

-spasm

sudden muscle contraction

spir/o

breathe

-scopy

visual examination

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

thorac/o

pector/o

steth/o

chest

SOB

shortness of breath

VATS

video-assisted thorascopic surgery

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TB

tuberculosis

Stat

immediately

URI

upper respiratory infection

PFT

pulmonary function test

Tuss/o

cough

purul/o, py/o

pus