abbreviations
Hb
What is hemoglobin
A hereditary blood disease caused by lack of a clotting factor
What is Hemophilia
nas/o
What is nose
This suffix means breathing
What is pnea
Coughing or clearing the throat
What is sputum
PCV
What is packed cell volume
A malignant overgrowth of immune white blood cells, may be chronic or acute, may affect bone marrow
What is leukemia
pharyng/o
What is pharynx
This suffix means level of oxygen
what is oxia
Receptors located within bony side projections of nasal cavity
What is turbinate bones
PT
What is Prothrombin time, pro time
A cancerous lesion of the skin and other tissue, seen most often in patients with AIDS
What is Kaposi sarcoma
Trache/o
What is trachea
This suffix is the level of carbon dioxide
What is capnia
Located on either side of the soft palate in the oropharynx
What is palatine tonsils
vWF
What is von Willebrand factor
A widespread clot formation in the microscopic vessels, may be followed by bleeding caused by depletion of clotting factors
What is a disseminated intravascular coagulation
bronch/o
What is bronchus
This suffix means voice
What is phonia
Air moved into and out of the lungs by the process of breathing
What is pulmonary ventilation
NHL
What is Non- Hodgkin lymphoma
A autoimmune disease involving dysfunction of the exocrine glands and affecting secretion of tears, saliva, and other body fluids
Sjogren syndrome
bronchiol
What is bronchiole
This suffix means decrease in, deficiency of
What is penia
Opening between the vocal folds
What is the glottis