Key Terms
Tasteless, colorless, odorless gas produced by body cells during metabolism
What is Carbon Dioxide
Medical term that translates to pertaining to the nose
What is Nasal
The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
What is AIDS
Rhin/o/plasty
What is a surgical repair of the nose
Tasteless, odorless, colorless gas essential for human respiration
What is Oxygen
Medical term that translates to inflammation of the bronchiole
What is Bronchitis
This abbreviation CT translates to
What is Computed Tomography
Sinus/o/tomy
What is incision of the sinus
Symbol that indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance
What is pH
Medical term that translates to visual examination of the pleura
What is Pleuroscopy
the C and O in COPD mean Chronic Obstructive what is the P and D stand for.
What is Pulmonary Disease
Laryng/o/scopy
What is the visual examination of the larynx
Tough, elastic connective tissue that is more rigid than ligaments but less dense than bone
What is Cartilage
Medical term that translates to instrument for examining the chest
What is a Stethoscope
Completely unexpected and unexplained death of an apparently normal, healthy infant, usually less than age 12 months is abbreviated as
What is SIDS
Peri/tonsill/ar
What is pertaining to around the tonsils
To move or spread out a substance at random, rather than by chemical reaction or application of external forces
What is Diffuse
Medical term that translates to blood in the chest
What is Hemothorax
If you found out your patient had TB, what disease are the carrying
What Tuberculosis
Spir/o/metry
What is the act of measuring breathe