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55 Cards in this Set
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coni/o
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dust
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oligo-
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scanty;few
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adnoid/o
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adenoids
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alveol/o
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alveolus;air sacs
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bronchi/o;bronch/o
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bronchus
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dilat/o
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dialation;opening
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bronchiol/o
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bronchioles;little bronchi
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laryng/o
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larynx;voice box
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lob/o
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lobe
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muc/o
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mucus
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nas/o;rhin/o
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nose
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pector/o;steth/o;thorac/o
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chest
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pharyng/o
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pharynx;throat
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phren/o
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diaphragm
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pleur/a;pleur/o
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pleura;plural cavty
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pneumat/o;pneum/o
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air;respiration;lungs
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pneumon/o;pulmon/o
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lungs
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sunus/o
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sinuses
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spir/o
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breathing
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea;windpipe
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-phonia
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voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-thorax
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chest
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hyper-
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above;excessive;abnormal
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a-
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no;not;lack of
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dys-
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bad;difficult;painful
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eu-
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normal
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-itis
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inflammation
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-capnia
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CO2 (carbon Dioxide)
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-ia
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condition;state of
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-centesis
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surgical pucture
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-phonia
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voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-thorax
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chest
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The pharynx and the larynx are part of this division of the respiratory system?
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upper respiratory
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inflammation of the alveolus
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alveolistis
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dialation of the bronchus
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bronchiectasis
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process of visualy examining the bronchus
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bronchoscopy
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visual exam of the larynx
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laryngoscopy
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inflammation of the lung
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pneumonia
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inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose
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rhinitis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural cavity
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thoracocentesis
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excessive amonts of carbon dioxide in the blood
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hypercapnia
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no breathing
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apnea
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painful breathing
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dyspnea
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normal breathing
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eupnea
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spitting up of blood
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hemoptysis
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pus in the pleural cavity
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pyothorax
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