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14 Cards in this Set
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bronch/i, bronch/o
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bronchus
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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pleur/a, pleur/o
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rib, side, pleura
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pneum/a, pneum/o, pneumat/o
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1. presence of air or gas
2. lung 3. breathing |
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
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lungs
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spir/o
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breathing
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thorac/o, thracic/o
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chest
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bronch/o - rrhaphy
bronchorrhaphy |
bronchus - surgical suturing
suture of a wound of the bronchus |
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bronch/o - rrhea
bronchorrhea |
bronchus - flowing
excessive secretions from the bronchial mucosa, resulting in copious production of thin sputum |
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hem/o - ptysis
hemoptysis |
blood - spitting
spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage |
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orth/o - pnea
orthopnea |
straight, normal - breath, respiration
discomfort in breathing that is brought on or aggravated by lying flat |
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spir/o - graph
spriograph |
breathing - instrument used for recording
a device for representing graphically the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements |
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trache/o - bronch/i - itis
tracheobronchitis |
trachea - bronchus - inflammation
inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and bronchi |
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thorac/o- tomy
thoracotomy |
chest - incision, a cutting operation
inicision through the chest wall into the pleural space |
