Principles of Health Science- Respiratory Vocab

\-pnea

breathing

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

anoxia

an absence of oxygen

apnea

not breathing

asphyxia

suffocation

asthma

when the bronchial airways become narrow and swollen making it difficult to breath

brady-

slow

breadypnea

slow breathing

bronch/o

bronchus; bronchial tube

epiglottis

closes the opening to the larynx when you swallow food and liquid

epistaxis

bleeding from the nose

hemoptysis

coughing up blood

hemothorax

bloody chest

hyperpnea

excessive breathing

hypoxia

below normal oxygen

inhalation

breathing in

laryng/o

larynx; voice box

nas/o

nose

perussis

whooping cough

pharyng/o

pharynx; throat

pleuro

pleura; serous membrane that enfolds the lung

pneum/o

lung; air

pulm/o

lung

pulmonologist

a doctor that specializes with lungs

rhinorhea

excessive discharge of nose (runny nose)

sinus/o

sinus; cavity

spirometry

the process of measuring breathing

ayspnea

painful breathing

tachy

fast

tachypnea

fast breathing

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea; windpipe