Combining Forms
The combining form for oxygen is:
oxi/o
The prefix for slow is:
Brady-
The abbreviation for history is:
Hx
The medical term, rhinorrhea, means:
nasal drainage
The measurement of oxygen is:
oximetry
The combining form cyan/o means:
blue
-ectomy
removal of lobe
You were diagnosed with a URI - what does this stand for?
Upper respiratory infection
The medical term for slow breathing is:
bradypnea
The surgery that repairs the nose is called:
rhinoplasty
The combining form for chest is:
pector/o
What is the suffix for measurement of:
-metry
The abbreviation for chest xray is:
chest xray
The medical term, epistaxis, means:
nose bleed
Mantoux test checks for:
TB
The combining forms for lung is:
pulm/o, pneum/o
The suffix that means spitting is:
-ptysis
CPR stands for:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The medical term for a common cold is:
coryza
The medication that opens the airway:
bronchodilator
Atel/o means:
incomplete
What is the prefix in the following term and what does the term mean - Eupnea?
Eu-
normal breathing
What does COPD stand for?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Jim was diagnosed with a collapsed lung. This will be charted as:
atelecstasis
The medicine that helps with coughing is:
antitussive