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67 Cards in this Set
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adenoid/o |
adenoids |
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alveol/o |
alveolus |
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bronchi/o |
bronchus |
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bronch/o |
bronchus |
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diaphragmat/o |
diaphragm |
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phren/o |
diaphragm |
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epiglott/o |
epiglottis |
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larng/o |
larynx |
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lob/o |
lobe |
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nas/o |
nose |
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rhin/o |
nose |
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pharyng/o |
pharynx |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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pneum/o |
lung, air |
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pneumat/o |
lung, air |
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pneumon/o |
lung, air |
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pulmon/o |
lung |
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sept/o |
septum (wall of, fence) |
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sinus/o |
sinus |
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thorac/o |
thorax (chest) |
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tonsill/o |
tonsil |
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trache/o |
trachea |
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atel/o |
imperfect, incomplete |
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capn/o |
carbon dioxide |
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hem/o |
blood |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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orth/o |
straight |
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ox/i, ox/o |
oxyen |
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phon/o |
sound, voice |
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py/o |
pus |
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somn/o |
sleep |
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spir/o |
breathe, breathing |
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A- |
absence of, without |
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An- |
Absence of, without |
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Endo- |
within |
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Eu- |
normal, good |
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Pan- |
all, total |
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Poly- |
many, much |
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Tachy- |
fast, rapid |
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-algia |
pain |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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-ary |
pertaining to |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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-cele |
hernia or protrusion |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (w/ a sterile needle) |
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-ectasis |
stretching out, dilation, expansion |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-graphy |
process of recording, radiographic imaging |
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-meter |
instrument used to measure |
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-metry |
measurement |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation, suspension |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-rrhagia |
rapid flow of blood |
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-scope |
instrument used for visual examination |
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-scopic |
pertaining to visual examination |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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-spasm |
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic contraction) |
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-stenosis |
constriction or narrowing |
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-stomy |
creation of artificial opening |
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-thorax |
chest |
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-tomy |
cut into or incision |
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bronchopneumonia |
diseased state of the bronchi and lungs, usually caused by infection |
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atelectasis |
incomplete expansion of the lungs or a collapsed lung |
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diaphragmatocele |
hernia of the diaphragm |
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hemothorax |
blood in the chest |
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tonsillitis |
inflammation of the tonils |
