| A | B |
|---|
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | to bind together |
| -dynia | condition of pain |
| dys- | difficult/painful |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -genic | pertaining to originating in / formation |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | technique of measuring |
| -osis | abnormal condition / disease of |
| -pexy | fixation (by surgery) |
| -plasty | surgery repair |
| -plegia | condition of paralysis |
| -rrhaphy | suturing / stitching |
| -rrhoea | excessive flow / discharge |
| -stomy | opening into/connection between two parts |
| -tachy | fast |
| -tomy | incision into |
| nose | structure on the face that permits air to enter the body |
| epiglottis | flap of cartilage over the mouth of the trachea |
| larynx | voice box |
| pharynx | throat |
| lung | one of two paired organs in the chest through which oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves the bloodstream |
| diaphragm | muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen |
| trachea | windpipe |
| bronchial tube | one of two tubes that carry air from the windpipe to the lungs |
| bronchiole | small bronchial tube |
| air sac | thin-walled sac through which gases can pass into and out of the bloodstream |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| bronch/o | tube that carries air from the widpipe to the lung |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchus |
| nas/o or rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| alveol/o | air sac |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmonary | pertaining to a lung |
| rhinorrhea | discharge from the nose |
| pnuemonectomy | resection of a lung |
| bronchoscopy | visual examination of the bronchus |
| laryngeal | pertaining to the voice box |
| pharyngitis | inflammation of the throat |
| phrenic | pertaining to the diaphragm |
| tracheostomy | new opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body |
| alveolar | pertaining to an air sac |
| nasal | pertaining to the nose |
| haemothorax | blood in the pleural space |
| emphysema | hyperinflation of air sac and destruction of alveolar walls |
| asthma | spasm and narrowing of bronchial tubes leading to airway obstruction |
| atelectasis | collapsed lung |
| asphyxia | extreme decrease in oxygen and increase in carbon dioxide in the blood |
| haemoptysis | spitting up blood |
| tuberculosis | infectious disease caused by bacilli; lungs and other organs are affected |
| pneumonia | inflammation and infection of alveoli |
| tracheostomy | creation of an opening into the windpipe through the neck and insertion of a tube to create an airway |
| thoracentesis | insertion of a needle through the skin between the ribs and into the pleural space to drain a pleural effusion |
| endotracheal intubation | a tube placed through the nose or mouth into the windpipie to establish an airway |
| thoracotomy | incision of the chest to remove a lung or a portion of a lung |
