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    This document provides 20 medical terminology words related to the respiratory system with their definitions and word breakdowns. The terms include procedures like rhinoplasty and tracheostomy, diseases and conditions like bronchiectasis and pneumoconiosis, and diagnostic tools like the stethoscope. Having these precise medical terms allows healthcare practitioners to efficiently communicate about the structures, functions, and disorders of the respiratory system.

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    Chapter 8 Spelling Words

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    This document provides 20 medical terminology words related to the respiratory system with their definitions and word breakdowns. The terms include procedures like rhinoplasty and tracheostomy, diseases and conditions like bronchiectasis and pneumoconiosis, and diagnostic tools like the stethoscope. Having these precise medical terms allows healthcare practitioners to efficiently communicate about the structures, functions, and disorders of the respiratory system.

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    Chapter 8

    Respiratory System
    Spelling Words

    1. Rhinoplasty – surgical repair of the nose (p.118)


    • rhin/o/plasty (rhin/o: nose; -plasty: surgical repair)
    2. Adenoidectomy – removal of the adenoid (p.118)
    • adenoid/ectomy (adenoid/o: adenoid; -ectomy: excision removal)
    3. Laryngoplegia – paralysis of the larynx (voice box) (p.118)
    • laryng/o/plegia (laryng/o: larynx; -plegia: paralysis)
    4. Tracheostomy – forming an opening in the trachea (p.119)
    • trache/o/stomy (trache/o: trachea; -stomy: forming an opening)
    5. Bronchiectasis – abnormal expansion of the bronchus (p.119)
    • bronchi/ectasis (bronchi/o: bronchus; -ectasis: expansion, dilation)
    6. Pneumonolysis – loosening of the lung (p.119)
    • Pneumon/o/lysis (pneumon/o: air, lung; -lysis: separation, destruction, loosening)
    7. Phrenectomy – excision of the diaphram (p.119)
    • phren/ectomy (phren/o: diaphram; -ectomy: excision, removal)
    8. Stethoscope – instrument to examine the chest (p.119)
    • steth/o/scope (steth/o: chest; -scope: instrument to view or examine)
    9. Thoracocentesis – puncture of the chest (p.119)
    • thorac/o/centesis (thorac/o: chest; -centesis: surgical puncture)
    10. Pneumoconiosis – dust in the lung (p.119)
    • pneum/o/coni/osis (pneum/o: air, lung; coni/o: dust; -osis: abnormal condition)
    11. Hypoxemia – decrease oxygen in the blood (p.119)
    • hyp/ox/emia (hypo-: under, decrease; ox/o: oxygen (O2); -emia: blood)
    12. Atelectasis – collapsed lung (p.125)
    • atel/ectasis (atel/o: incomplete, imperfect; -ectasis: dilation, expansion)
    13. Hypercapnia – excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood (p.120)
    • hyper/capnia (hyper-: excessive; -capnia: carbon dioxide (CO2))
    14. Anosmia – lack of smell
    • an/osmia (an-: lack of; -osmia: smell)
    15. Dysphonia – difficulty speaking
    • dys/phonia (dys-: difficult, painful; -phonia: voice)
    16. Hemoptysis – spitting up blood
    • hem/o/ptysis (hem/o: blood; -ptysis: spitting)
    17. Pneumothorax – air in the chest
    • pneum/o/thorax (pneum/o: air; -thorax: chest)
    18. Bradypnea – slow breathing
    • brady/pnea (brady-: slow; -pnea: breathing)
    19. Tachypnea – rapid breathing
    • tachy/pnea (tachy-: rapid; -pnea: breathing)
    20. Coryza – head cold; upper respiratory infection (URI) (p.125)
    • coryza (no available word breakdown)

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