PREFIXES
THIS PREFIX MEANS SLOW.
WHAT IS BRADY-?
THIS IS THE SUFFIX FOR BREATHING.
WHAT IS -PNEA?
THIS ROOT WORD MEANS NOSE.
WHAT IS NAS/O?
THIS DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILLS, FEVER, HEADACHES, MUSCLE ACHES, AND COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS.
WHAT IS INFLUENZA?
A TWO-PRONGED PLASTIC DEVICE INSERTED INTO THE NOSTRILS TO DELIVER OXYGEN.
WHAT IS NASAL CANNULA?
THIS PREFIX MEANS FAST.
WHAT IS TACHY-?
THIS IS THE SUFFIX FOR LEVEL OF OXYGEN.
WHAT IS -OXIA?
THIS ROOT WORD MEANS LUNG.
WHAT IS PULM/O?
THIS DISEASE COMMONLY IS CAUSED BY INFUENZA.
WHAT IS PNEUMONIA?
THIS IS A SURGICAL OPENING INTO THE TRACHEA TO FORM AN AIRWAY.
WHAT IS TRACHEOSTOMY?
THIS PREFIX MEANS WITHIN.
WHAT IS INTRA-?
THIS SUFFIX MEANS THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
WHAT IS -CAPNIA?
THIS ROOT WORD MEANS TRACHEA.
WHAT IS TRACHE/O?
THIS IS A CHRONIC DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH OVEREXPANSION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ALVEOLI.
WHAT US EMPHYSEMA?
THIS DOCTOR SPECIALIZES IN THE LUNGS.
WHAT IS A PULMONOLOGIST?
THIS PREFIX MEANS ABNORMAL OR DIFFICULT.
WHAT IS DYS-?
THIS SUFFIX MEANS VOICE.
WHAT IS -PHONIA?
THIS ROOT WORD MEANS BRONCHUS.
WHAT IS BRONCH/O OR BRONCH/I?
THIS IS THE MOST FATAL HEREDITARY DISEASE.
WHAT IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS?
WHAT DOES THE ABBRVIATION ABG MEAN?
WHAT IS ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS?
THIS PREFIX MEANS ABSENCE OF, WITHOUT.
WHAT IS A-, AN-?
THIS SUFFIX MEANS INFLAMMATION.
WHAT IS -ITIS?
THIS ROOT WORD MEANS DIAPHRAGM.
WHAT IS PHREN/O?
THIS DISEASE IS KNOWN AS THE WHOOPING COUGH.
WHAT IS BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS?
THIS ABBREVATION MEANS OXYGEN PERCENT SATURATION.
WHAT IS SpO2?