Unit 8 Medical Terminology – Flashcards
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audi/o
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hearing
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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cor/o
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pupil
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core/o
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pupil
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irid/o
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iris
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lacrim/o
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tears
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laryng/o
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larynx
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melan/o
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black
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myring/o
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eardrum
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nas/o
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nasal passage, nose
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nyct/o
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night
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noct/i
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night
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
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vision
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ot/o
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ear
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phac/o
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lens
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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phas/o
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speech
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phon/o
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sound
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phren/o
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diaphragm
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pleur/o
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pleural membrane
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pne/o
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breathe
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pneum/o
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air, lungs
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pneumon/o
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lung
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presby/o
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old
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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py/o
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pus
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retin/o
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retina
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rhin/o
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nose
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scler/o
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hard
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spir/o
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respiration, breathe
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thorac/o
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throrax
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trache/o
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trachea
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tympan/o
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eardrum
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a/an-
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prefix; lack of, without
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ambi-
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both
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brady-
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slow
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diplo-
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double
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dys-
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difficult, painful
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endo-
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inner
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eso-
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inward
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eu-
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easy, good
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ex-
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outside
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exo-
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outward
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hypo-
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below, down
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hyper-
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above, upward
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my-
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close
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tachy-
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fast
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-algia
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pain
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-opia
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vision
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-pnea
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breathing
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction
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-tropia
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turning
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AD
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right ear
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AS
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left ear
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CCC-A
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Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology
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COPD
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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d, D
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diopter
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ENT
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ear, nose, and throat (specialist)
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HEENT
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head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
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L + A
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light and accommodation
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MTD
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right eardrum
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MTS
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left eardrum
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OD
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right eye
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OM
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otitis media
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OS, OL
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left eye
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OU
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both eyes
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PERRLA
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pupils equal, round, reactive to light, and accommodation
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SOB
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shortness of breath
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TB, Tb
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tuberculosis
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URI
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Upper respiratory infection
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ot/o/rhin/o/laryng/o/logist otorhinolaryngologist
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The physician specialist who treats infections and other disorders of the upper respiratory system (ear, nose, throat)
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Otorrhea
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discharging of the ear
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Otitis
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inflammation of the ear
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Otalgia
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Ear Pain
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Otic
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describing something having to do with the ear such as otic solution (which is medicine that is dropped into the ear)
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Tympanum
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eardrum
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Tympanic
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pertaining to the eardrum
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Tympanotomy
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incision into the eardrum
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Tympanectomy
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excision of the eardrum
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Tympanometry
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The process of measuring the function of the eardrum
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aphasia
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unable to speak
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bradyphasia
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slow speech
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tachyphasia
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fast speech
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Aphonia
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absence of voice
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Phonic
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pertaining to the voice
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Phonometer
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an instrument used to measure the intensity of voice
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Phonology
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The study of sound
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Audiology
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The study of hearing
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Phasology
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The study of speech
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Audiometer
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an instrument used to measure hearing
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audiometry
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the process of measuring hearing
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Audiogram
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A record made by the instrument used to test hearing
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Rhinorrhea
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flow or discharge from the nose
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Rhinitis
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inflammation of the nose
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Rhinoplasty
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Surgical repair of the nose
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Nasal
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Pertaining to the nose
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Nasitis
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inflammation of the nose
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Nasoscope
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instrument used to examine the nose
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Nasopharyngitis
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inflammation of the nose and pharynx
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Nasofrontal
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pertaining to the nasal and frontal bones
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Nasolacrimal
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Pertaining to the nose and lacrimal duct
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Pharyngomycosis
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fungus disease of the pharynx
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pharyngitis
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inflammation of the pharynx (throat)
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Pharyngopathy
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disease of the throat
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Pharyngomyosis
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Fungus condition of the throat
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Laryngitis
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inflammation of the larynx (voice box)
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laryngalgia
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Pain of the voice box
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larngopathy
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disease of the voice box
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Pyosis
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condition of puss formation
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tracheopyosis
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a condition of the trachea with pus formation
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tracheorrhagia
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hemorrhage from the trachea
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trachealgia
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pain in the windpipe
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tracheal
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pertaining to the trachea
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tracheolaryngotomy
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incision of the trachea and larynx
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tracheostomy
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to make a new opening in the trachea
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Endotracheal
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within the trachea
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broncholith
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calculus in a bronchus
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bronchorrhagia
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hemorrhage of the bronchial
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bronchi
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plural of bronchus
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bronchostomy
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formation of a new opening into a bronchus
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bronchorraphy
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suturing of a bronchus
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Pleura
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the membrane surrounding the lungs
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pleuritis
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inflammation of the pleura
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pleurocentesis
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surgical puncturing of the pleura
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pleurisy
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inflammation of the pleura
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diaphram
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phren/o
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phrenogastirc
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pertaining to the diaphragm and the stomach
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bradypnea
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slow breathing
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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apena
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without breathing
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dyspena
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difficulty breathing
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pneumonotomy
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incision of a lung
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pneumonopathy
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disease of the lungs
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pneumonorrhagia
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hemorrhage of a lung
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pneumonocentesis
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surgical puncture of a lung to remove fluid
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pneumonopexy
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describing a lung tissue that is surgically reattached
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Pneumonomelanosis
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is lung disease in which the lung tissue becomes black due to breathing black dust
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pneumoderma
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collection of air under the skin
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pneumothorax
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collection of air in the chest cavity
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pneumometer
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measures air volume in respiration
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Pulmonary
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adjective that means pertaining to the lungs
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ophthalmitis
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inflammation of the eye
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opthalmoplasty
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plastic surgery of the eye
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opthalmoscope
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the instrument used to examine the interior of the eye
