Medical Terminology - Unit 6 Vocab - Kenny Kwon

cyan/o

blue

lob/o

lobe

orth/o

straight

ox/i, ox/o

oxygen

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac

pulmon/o

lung

steth/o, thorac/o, pector/o

chest

spir/o

breathing

sept/o

wall, partition

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

bronchi/o, bronch/o

bronchus

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

pleur/o

pleura

pneumon/o, pneum/o

lung, air

rhin/o, nas/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus, cavity

tonsill/o

tonsils

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

epiglott/o

epiglottis

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

coni/o

dust

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-osmia

smell

-pnea

breathing

-ia, -ism

process, condition

-osis

abnormal condition

-phonia

voice

-ptysis

spitting

-thorax

chest, pleural cavity

-pathy

disease

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emia

blood condition

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

eu-

good, normal

dys-

bad, difficult

ABG

arterial blood gases

ARDS

acute respiratory distress syndrome

PFT

pulmonary function test

CO_²

carbon dioxide

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CXR

chest x-ray