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Abbreviations
100
Larynx
What is laryng/o?
100
a-, an-
What is absence of, without?
100
Cut into or incision
What is -tomy?
100
Pleuritis
What is the inflammation of the pleura?
100
Pertaining to being blue
What is "cyanotic"?
200
Tonsill/o
What is the tonsils?
200
Many, much
What is poly-?
200
Rapid flow of blood
What is -rrhagia?
200
Central region of thoracic cavity
What is the mediastinum?
200
condition of dust in the lungs
What is Coniosis?
300
Diaphragm
What is diaphragmat/o?
300
Fast, rapid
What is tachy-?
300
-algia
What is pain?
300
Surgical repair of a bronchi
What is bronchoplasty?
300
Cutting in to the chest
What is "thoracotomy"?
400
Trache/o
What is the main single tube, air passes down from the oral area to mid-chest?
400
Endo-
What is within?
400
-metry
What is measurement?
400
A measurement of breathing
What is spirometry?
400
Spitting up of blood
What is hemoptysis?
500
Epiglott/o
What is the "gate-keeper" that control which system tube (gastrointestinal or respiratory) is open ?
500
Normal, good
What is eu-?
500
Constriction or narrowing
What is -stenosis?
500
Pleuracentesis
What is to puncture pleura to withdraw fluid?
500
Bradypnea
What is slow breathing?