Chapter 8 Spelling Words

Chapter 8 Respiratory System Spelling Words 1. Rhinoplasty – surgical repair of the nose (p.118) • rhin/o/plasty (rhin/o: nose; -plasty: surgical repair) 2. Adenoidectomy – removal of the adenoid (p.118) • adenoid/ectomy (adenoid/o: adenoid; -ectomy: excision removal) 3. Laryngoplegia – paralysis of the larynx (voice box) (p.118) • laryng/o/plegia (laryng/o: larynx; -plegia: paralysis) 4. Tracheostomy – forming an opening in the trachea (p.119) • trache/o/stomy (trache/o: trachea; -stomy: forming an opening) 5. Bronchiectasis – abnormal expansion of the bronchus (p.119) • bronchi/ectasis (bronchi/o: bronchus; -ectasis: expansion, dilation) 6. Pneumonolysis – loosening of the lung (p.119) • Pneumon/o/lysis (pneumon/o: air, lung; -lysis: separation, destruction, loosening) 7. Phrenectomy – excision of the diaphram (p.119) • phren/ectomy (phren/o: diaphram; -ectomy: excision, removal) 8. Stethoscope – instrument to examine the chest (p.119) • steth/o/scope (steth/o: chest; -scope: instrument to view or examine) 9. Thoracocentesis – puncture of the chest (p.119) • thorac/o/centesis (thorac/o: chest; -centesis: surgical puncture) 10. Pneumoconiosis – dust in the lung (p.119) • pneum/o/coni/osis (pneum/o: air, lung; coni/o: dust; -osis: abnormal condition) 11. Hypoxemia – decrease oxygen in the blood (p.119) • hyp/ox/emia (hypo-: under, decrease; ox/o: oxygen (O2); -emia: blood) 12. Atelectasis – collapsed lung (p.125) • atel/ectasis (atel/o: incomplete, imperfect; -ectasis: dilation, expansion) 13. Hypercapnia – excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood (p.120) • hyper/capnia (hyper-: excessive; -capnia: carbon dioxide (CO2)) 14. Anosmia – lack of smell • an/osmia (an-: lack of; -osmia: smell) 15. Dysphonia – difficulty speaking • dys/phonia (dys-: difficult, painful; -phonia: voice) 16. Hemoptysis – spitting up blood • hem/o/ptysis (hem/o: blood; -ptysis: spitting) 17. Pneumothorax – air in the chest • pneum/o/thorax (pneum/o: air; -thorax: chest) 18. Bradypnea – slow breathing • brady/pnea (brady-: slow; -pnea: breathing) 19. Tachypnea – rapid breathing • tachy/pnea (tachy-: rapid; -pnea: breathing) 20. Coryza – head cold; upper respiratory infection (URI) (p.125) • coryza (no available word breakdown) Med Term

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