| A | B |
|---|
| pulse oximeter | measures O2 in bld |
| -ectasis | stretch or dilation |
| a- | without |
| pneu | lung or breath |
| -otomy | incision or to cut |
| Adam's Apple | large mass of thyroid tissue |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| Cheyne-Stokes | alternating periods of rapid, slow abscence of breathe |
| cystic fibosis | genetic disorder |
| anthr/a | coal |
| PPD | mantoux test for TB purified protein derivative |
| bolus | mass of food ready to swallow |
| peristalis | wave like motion |
| -um | makes word root a noun |
| halitosis | bad breathe |
| ascending descending transverse sigmoid | parts of colon |
| duodenum jejunum ileum | parts of small intestinve |
| bruxism | night time teeth clenching |
| dys- | bad or difficult |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| -plasty | repair |
| -itis | inflammation |
| bradypnea | less then 10 breathes per minute |
| emesis | vomit |
| hyper_ | elevated or increase |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -rragia | forceful bleeding |
| chyme | liquid portion ready to leave stomach |
| sputum | phlegm |
| -ectomy | removal |
| tachy- | fast or elevated |
| croup | barking cough/respiratory infection |
| mastication | to chew |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| hyperpnea | abnormal deep respiration |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| py/o | pus or fire |
| hemo, hemat/o | blood |
| -lith | stone |
| icterus | jaundice |
| regurgitation | return of food in mouth |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| antitussive | drug used to stop coughing |
