TERMINOLOGY: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM COMBINING FORM adenoid/o MEANING adenoids TERMINOLOGY MEANING

alveoli/o bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchiol/o capn/o coni/o cyan/o epiglott/o laryng/o

lob/o mediastin/o nas/o

orth/o ox/o pector/o pharyng/o phon/o phren/o pleur/o

adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy alveolus, air sac alveolar bronchial tube, bronchospasm bronchus bronchiectasis bronchodilator bronchopleural bronchiole, bronchiolitis small bronchus carbon dioxide hypercapnia dust pneumoconiosis blue cyanosis epiglottis epiglottis larynx, voice laryngeal box laryngospasm laryngitis lobe of the lung lobectomy mediastinum mediastinoscopy nose paranasal sinuses nasogastric intubation straight, orthopnea upright oxygen hypoxia chest expectoration pharynx, throat pharyngeal voice dysphonia diaphragm phrenic nerve pleura pleurodynia pleural effusion

pneum/o, pneumon/o pulmon/o rhin/o sinus/o spir/o

air, lung

pneumothorax pneumonectomy pulmonary rhinoplasty rhinorrhea sinusitis spirometer expiration respiration atelectasis thoracotomy thoracic tonsillectomy tracheotomy tracheal stenosis TERMINOLOGY empyema anosmia apnea dyspnea hyperpnea tachypnea hemoptysis asphyxia hemothorax pyothorax

lung nose sinus, cavity breathing

tel/o thorac/o tonsil/o trache/o

complete chest tonsils trachea, wind pipe MEANING condition smell breathing

SUFFIXES -ema -osmia -pnea

MEANING

-ptysis -sphyxia -thorax

spitting pulse pleural cavity, chest

ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS ABG AFB ARDS DESCRIPTION arterial blood gas acid fast bacilli acute respiratory distress syndrome

BAL Bronch CF CO2 COPD CPAP CPR C&S CTPA CXR DOE DPT FVC ICU LLL LUL NSCLC OSA PCP PE PEP PEEP PFT PND PPD RDS RLL RSV RUL RV SCLC SOB TB TLC URI VT

bronchioalveolar lavage bronchoscopy cystic fibrosis carbondioxide chronic obstructive pulmonary disease continous positive airway pressure cardiopulmonary resuscitation culture & sensitivity testing computed tomography pulmonary angiography chest x ray dyspnea on exertion diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus forced vital capacity intensive care unit left lower lobe (lung) left upper lobe (lung) non-small cell lung cancer obstructive sleep apnea pneumocystitis pneumonia pulmonary embolism positive expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure pulmonary function test paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea purified protein derivative respiratory distress syndrome right lower lobe respiratory syncytial virus right upper lobe residual volume small cell lung cancer shortness of breath tuberculosis total lung capacity upper respiratory infection tidal volume

VATS VC V/Q SCAN

video assisted thoracic surgery (thoracoscopy) vital capacity ventilation-perfusion scan