The Respiratory System Medical Terminology The Respiratory System

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

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

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