Chapter 12 14 Terms
adenoid/ectomy
a
adenoids/removal
2
q
alveol/ar
a
alveolus, air sac/pertaining to
3
q
broncho/spasm
a
bronchus/muscular contraction
4
q
bronchi/ectasis
a
bronchus/dilation, widening
5
q
broncho/dilat/or
a
bronchus/dilation/one who
6
q
broncho/pleur/al
a
bronchus/pleura/pertaining to
7
q
bronchiol/itis
a
bronchiole/inflammation
8
q
hyper/capn/ia
a
excessive/carbon dioxide/condition
9
q
pneumo/coni/osis
a
air, lung/dust/condition
10
q
cyan/osis
a
blue/condition
11
q
epiglott/itis
a
epiglottis/inflammation
12
q
laryng/eal
a
larynx/pertaining to
13
q
laryngo/spasm
a
larynx/muscular contraction
14
q
laryng/itis
a
larynx/inflammation
15
q
lob/ectomy
a
lobe of the lung/removal
16
q
mediastino/scopy
a
mediastinum/process of visually examining
17
q
para/nas/al
a
beside/nose/pertaining to
18
q
naso/gastr/ic
a
nose/stomach/pertaining to
19
q
ortho/pnea
a
upright/breathing
20
q
hyp/oxia
a
deficient/oxygen condition
21
q
ex/pector/ation
a
out, away from/chest/process
22
q
pharyng/eal
a
pharynx/pertaining to
23
q
dys/phon/ia
a
bad, painful, abnormal/voice/condition
24
q
phren/ic
a
diaphragm/pertaining to
25
q
pleuro/dynia
a
pleura/pain
26
q
pleur/al
a
pleura/pertaining to
27
q
pneumo/thorax
a
air/pleural cavity, chest
28
q
pneumon/ectomy
a
lung/removal
29
q
pulmon/ary
a
lung/pertaining to
30
q
rhino/plasty
a
nose/surgical repair
31
q
rhino/rrhea
a
nose/flow, discharge
32
q
sinus/itis
a
sinus, cavity/inflammation
33
q
spiro/meter
a
breathing/measure
34
q
ex/(s)pir/ation
a
out, away from/breathing/process
35
q
re/spir/ation
a
back, again/breathing/process
36
q
a/tel/ectasis
a
no, not, without/complete/widening, dilation
37
q
thoraco/tomy
a
chest/process of cutting
38
q
thorac/ic
a
chest/pertaining to
39
q
tonsill/ectomy
a
tonsils/removal
40
q
tracheo/tomy
a
trachea/process of cutting
41
q
trache/al
a
trachea/pertaining to
42
q
em/py/ema
a
in/pus/condition
43
q
an/osmia
a
no, not, without/smell condition
44
q
a/pnea
a
without/breathing
45
q
dys/pnea
a
abnormal, pain/breathing
46
q
hyper/pnea
a
excessive/breathing (breathing too deep)
47
q
tachy/pnea
a
fast/breathing
48
q
hemo/ptysis
a
blood/spitting
49
q
a/sphyxia
a
without/pulse
50
q
hemo/thorax
a
blood/pleural cavity, chest
51
q
pyo/thorax
a
pus/pleural cavity, chest
auto/immune
a
self, own/protection
2
q
immuno/globulin
a
protection/protein
3
q
immuno/suppression
a
protection/stopping
4
q
lympho/poiesis
a
lymph/formation
5
q
lymph/edema
a
lymph/swelling
6
q
lympho/cyto/penia
a
lymph/cell/deficiency
7
q
lympho/cytosis
a
lymph/slight increase in the number of cells
8
q
lymph/oid
a
lymph/resembling, derived from
9
q
lymphadeno/pathy
a
lymph node/disease
10
q
lymphaden/itis
a
lymph node/inflammation
11
q
splen/megaly
a
spleen/enlargment
12
q
a/splen/ia
a
without/spleen/condition
13
q
hyper/splen/ism
a
excessive/spleen/process, condition
14
q
thym/ectomy
a
thymus gland/removal
15
q
tox/ic
a
poison/pertaining to
16
q
ana/phylaxis
a
again, anew/protection
17
q
inter/stitial
a
between/pertaining to standing, positioned