Medical Terminology The Respiratory System Medical Terminology Combining

Medical Terminology The Respiratory System

Medical Terminology • • • Combining form/word root aer/o bronchiol/o laryng/o lob/o muc/o nas/o rhin/o ox/o ectasis Meaning air bronchus bronchioles larynx (voice box) lobes mucus nose oxygen dilation, widening, enlarging

Medical Terminology • • • Combining form/word root pharyng/o pleur/o pneum/o pulmon/o sinus/o spir/o tonsill/o trache/o Meaning pharynx pleura lung/air lung sinus(es) to breath tonsil(s) trachea

Medical Terminology • • • adenoid/o alveol/o -thorax endo -algia py/o sept/o phon/o -rrhagia adenoids alveolus chest within pain pus septum (wall off, fence) sound bursting forth (of blood)

Medical Terminology • • • Bronchitis Bronch/itis inflammation of the bronchi Hemothorax Hem/o/thorax blood in the chest Pharyngoplasty Pharyng/o/plasty surgical repair of the pharynx Laryngoplegia Laryng/o/plegia paralysis in the larynx

• • • • Medical Terminology Dysphonia Dys/phonia loss of voice Apnea A/pnea absence of respiration Bronchiectasis Bronchi/ectasis Enlargement (dilation) the bronchi Pleuralgia Pleur/algia Pain in the pleura Bronchoscopy Bronch/o/scopy examination to look into the bronchial tree

Medical Terminology • • • Laryngitis Laryng/itis inflammation of the larynx Laryngotracheobronchitis Laryng/o/trache/o/bronch/itis inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi (acute form is called croup) Pneumatocele Pneumat/o/cele hernia of the lung Rhinomycosis Rhin/o/myc/osis abnormal condition of fungus in the nose

Medical Terminology • • • Rhinorrhagia Rhin/o/rrhagia rapid flow of blood from the nose (also called epistaxis) Thoracalgia Thorac/algia pain in the chest Tracheostenosis Trache/o/stenosis narrowing of the trachea