Medical Terminology Respiratory System

Diagnostic Terms Word Parts

100

Pertaining to the lung

What is pulmonary

200

Measuring of breathing

What is a spirometer

300

Blueness, a condition of decreases oxygen in the blood

What is cyanosis?

400

Tonsillectomy

What is removal of tonsills

500

Excessive Carbon Dioxide

What is hypercapnia?

Disease and Disorder Word Parts

100

Air in the lungss

What is pneumothorax?

200

Pertaining to (in) the lung, new growth (tumor)

What is pulmonary neoplasm

300

Surgical repair of the nose

What is Rhinoplasty?

400

Narrowing of the trachea.

What is Tracheostenosis

500

Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.

What is laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)

Surgical Terms

100

Excision of the tonsils

What is tonsillectomy

200

Surgical repair of the nose

What is rhinoplasty

300

Instrument used to cut the adenoids

What is adenotome

400

Incision of the larynx and trachea

What is laryngotracheotomy

500

Without breathing

What is apnea

Suffixes

100

meaning pain

What is -algia

200

breathing

What is -pnea

300

process of recording; radiographic imaging

What is -graphy

400

surgical puncture to aspirate fluids

What is -centesis

500

constriction or narrowing

What is -stenonsis

Organs

100

Two spongelike organs in the thoracic cavity. The right consists of 3 lobes; the left consists of 2 lobes

What is Lungs

200

Air sacs.

What is Alveolus.. Alveoli

300

Small bronchi

What are bronchioles?

400

Muscle separating the chest and abdomen.

What is the diaphragm.

500

Space between lungs that contains the heart, esophagus, trachea, great blood vessels and other structures.

What is mediastinum