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Surgical Terms
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Organs
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Small bronchi...

What is small bronchioles?

100
Diseased state of the lung (the infection and inflammation are caused by bacteria such as Pneumococcus,Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Haemophilus; viruses; and fungi)
What is pneumonia
100
Excision of the tonsils
What is tonsillectomy
100
meaning pain
What is -algia
100
Two spongelike organs in the thoracic cavity. The right consists of 3 lobes; the left consists of 2 lobes
What is Lungs
200

Pertaining to the chest

What is thoracic?

200

Inflammation of the sinuses/

What is sinusitis?

200
Surgical repair of the nose
What is rhinoplasty
200
breathing
What is -pnea
200

Air sac.

What is Alveolus.. Alveoli

300
A measurement of breathing or lung volumes
What is spirometry
300

Air in the chest cavity (pleura space), which causes collapse of the lung.

What is Pneumothroax

300
Instrument used to cut the adenoids
What is adenotome
300
process of recording; radiographic imaging
What is -graphy
300

Pharyngeal tonsils.

What is Adenoids

400

Blueness, (lack of O2)

What is cyanosis?

400
Narrowing of the trachea.
What is Tracheostenosis
400
Incision of the larynx and trachea
What is laryngotracheotomy
400
surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
What is -centesis
400

Double-folded serous membrane covering each lung

What is Pleura?

500

CXR

What is Chest XRAY?

500
Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
What is laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)
500
Surgical procedure to aspirate fluid from the chest cavity.
What is thoracocentesis.
500
constriction or narrowing
What is -stenonsis
500

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

What is mediastinum