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Schmierer-WWCC Medical Terminology
Chapter 9 Prefix,Suffix,Combining Forms, Medical Terms
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Undergraduate 1
07/31/2018
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alveol/o
 Definition
air sac
Term
bronch/o, bronch/i
 Definition
airway, bronchus
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laryng/o
 Definition
voice box, larnyx
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lob/o
 Definition
lobe,a rounded part
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muc/o
 Definition
mucus
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nas/o
 Definition
nose
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ox/i
 Definition
oxygen
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pharyng/o
 Definition
throat
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phragm/o, phragmat/o
 Definition
partition
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pleur/o
 Definition
rib
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pneum/o, peneumon/o
 Definition
air, lung
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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sept/o
 Definition
wall
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sinus/o
 Definition
cavity
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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trache/o
 Definition
windpipe, trachea
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eu-
 Definition
normal, blood
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ortho/o
 Definition
straight
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-oxia
 Definition
condition of oxygen
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-emia
 Definition
condition of blood
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-dynia
 Definition
condtion of pain
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-phonia
 Definition
condition of sound or voice
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-pnea
 Definition
breath
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-ptysis
 Definition
to cough up
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-staxsis
 Definition
dripping
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete
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carcin/o
 Definition
CANCER
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coccidoid/o
 Definition
Coccidioides immmitis
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coni/o
 Definition
dust
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cyst/o
 Definition
bladder, sac
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embol/o
 Definition
plug
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glott/o
 Definition
opening into the windpipe
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py/o
 Definition
pus
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
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tubercul/o
 Definition
little swelling
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-ectasis
 Definition
expansion
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-ism
 Definition
condtion or disease
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dilat/o
 Definition
to widen
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lob/o
 Definition
a rounded part, lobe
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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pleur/o
 Definition
rib
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ABGs
 Definition
arterial blood gases
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AFB
 Definition
acid-fast baclli
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ARDS
 Definition
adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome
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CF
 Definition
cystic fibrosis
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COPD
 Definition
chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease
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CPAP
 Definition
continuous positive airway pressure device
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CPR
 Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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CXR
 Definition
chest x-ray
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NRDS
 Definition
neonatal respiratoy distress sydrome
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NSCLC
 Definition
non-small cell lung cancer
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PE
 Definition
pulmonary embolism
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PPD
 Definition
purified protein derivative
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PFTs
 Definition
pulmonary function tests
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RDS
 Definition
respiratory distress syndrome
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SARS
 Definition
severe acute respiratory syndrome
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SCLC
 Definition
small cell lung cancer
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sob
 Definition
shortness of breath
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TB
 Definition
tuberculosis
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URI
 Definition
upper respiratory infection
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V/Q scan
 Definition
ventilation-perfusion scanning
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