Prefixes
Pertaining to breathing, respiration, the lungs, pneumonia, or air.
What is pneum/o?
Pertaining to the chest cavity
What is -thorax?
A medical procedure involving the insertion of a tube into the body
What is intubation?
The inflammation of the lungs generally caused by infection
What is pneumonia?
Arterial blood gas
What is ABG?
Pertaining to the lungs
What is pulmon/o?
Pertaining to breathing
What is -pnea?
A large tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe
What is trachea?
The narrowing of the bronchial tubes. One of the main causes is from allergies.
What is asthma?
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
What is ARDS?
Pertaining to the chest, chest wall.
What is thorac/o?
Pertaining to carbon dioxide in the blood
What is -capnia?
Abnormally slow breathing rate
What is bradypnea?
Small lesions, or tubercles, that liquefy in the center and then rupture to release bacteria into the bloodstream
What is tuberculosis?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
What is COPD?
What is pharyng/o?
Pertaining to the sound of the voice
What is -phonia?
A passage or airway in the lower respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs
What is bronchus?
The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children worldwide.
What is RSV?
Dyspnea on exertion
What is DOE?
Pertaining to breathing
What is spir/o?
Pertaining to oxygen levels
What is -oxia?
The muscle that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity
What is diaphragm?
Any group of chronic, progressive, and debilitating respiratory diseases, which includes emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, and bronchiectasis.
What is COPD?
Oxygen percent saturation
What is SpO2?