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51 Cards in this Set
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nas/o
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nose |
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rhin/o
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nose |
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sept/o |
septum |
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sinus/o |
sinus, cavity |
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adenoid/o |
adenoids |
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tonsill/o |
tonsils |
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pharyng/o |
pharynx (throat) |
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis |
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laryng/o |
larynx (voice box) |
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trache/o |
trachea (wind-pipe) |
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bronchi/o |
bronchus (bronchi) |
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bronch/o |
bronchus (bronchi) |
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bronchiol/o |
bronchiole |
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alveol/o
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alveolus; air sac |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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pneum/o |
lung; air |
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pneumon/o |
lung; air |
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pulmon/o |
lung |
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anthrac/o |
coal, coal dust |
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atel/o |
incomplete; imperfect |
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coni/o |
dust |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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lob/o |
lobe |
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orth/o |
straight |
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oxygen |
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pector/o
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chest |
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steth/o |
chest
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thorac/o |
chest |
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phren/o |
diaphragm; mind |
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spir/o |
breathe |
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide |
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-osmia |
smell |
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-phonia |
voice |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-thorax |
chest |
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brady- |
slow |
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult |
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eu- |
good, normal |
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tachy- |
rapid |
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acidosis |
excessive acidity of body fluids |
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anosmia |
absence of the sense of small |
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atelectasis |
collapsed or airless state of lung |
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coryza |
inflammation of the membranes of the nose |
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croup
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inflammation of the larynx, trachea, bronchial passages and, sometimes, lungs |
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epistaxis |
nasal hemorrhage (nosebleed) |
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hypoxemia |
oxygen deficiency in arterial blood |
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hypoxia |
oxygen deficiency in body tissues |
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pleurisy
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inflammation of teh pleural membrane characterized by stabbing pain |
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rhonchus |
abnormal breathing sound heard on auscultation of an obstructed airway |
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stridor |
high-pitched, harsh, adventitious breath sound caused by a spasm or swelling of the larynx or an obstruction in the upper airway |
