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-thorax
- chest
- py/o/thorax - pus in the chest (cavity) also called empyema
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-ptysis
- spitting
- hem/o/ptysis - (coughing up or) spitting of blood
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-pnea
- breathing
- a/pnea - not breathing
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-phonia
- voice
- dys/phonia - bad (impaired) voice quality
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-osmia
- smell
- an/osmia - without (the sense of) smell
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-capnia
- carbon dioxide (CO2)
- hyper/capnia - excessive CO2
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pharyng/o
- pharynx (throat)
- pharyng/o/scope - instrument for examining the pharynx
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tonsill/o
- tonsils
- peri/tonsill/ar - pertaining to (the area) around the tonsils
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adenoid/o
- adenoids
- adenoid/ectomy - excision of the adenoids
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sinus/o
- sinus, cavity
- sinus/o/tomy - incision of any of the sinuses
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sept/o
- septum
- sept/o/plasty - surgical repair of the septum
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rhin/o
- nose
- rhin/o/plasty - surgical repair of the nose
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nas/o
- nose
- nas/al - pertaining to the nose
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trache/o
- trachea (windpipe)
- trache/o/plasty - surgical repair of the trachea
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laryng/o
- larynx (voice box)
- laryng/o/plegia - paralysis of the (vocal cords) and larynx
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epiglott/o
- epiglottis
- epiglott/itis - inflammation of the epiglottis
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pulmon/o
- lung
- pulmon/o/logist - specialist in the study (and treatment) of lungs (and respiratory diseases)
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pneumon/o
- air / lung
- pneumon/ia - condition of inflammation of the lungs
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pneum/o
- air / lung
- pneum/ectomy - excision of all or part of a lung
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pleur/o
- pleura
- pleur/o/centesis - surgical puncture of the pleural cavity; also called thoracocentesis or thoracentises
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alveol/o
- alveolus; air sac
- alveol/ar - pertaining to the aveoli
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bronchiol/o
- bronchiole
- bronchiol/itis - inflammation of the bronchioles
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bronch/o
- bronchus (plural, bronchi)
- bronch/o/scope - instrument for examining the bronchus or bronchi
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bronchi/o
- bronchus (plural, bronchi)
- bronchi/ectasis - dilation of (one or more) bronchi
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orth/o
- straight
- orth/o/pnea - breathing in a straight or upright position
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lob/o
- lobe
- lob/ectomy - excision of a lobe
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cyan/o
- blue
- cyan/osis - abnormal condition of blueness
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coni/o
- dust
- pneum/o/coni/osis - condition of dust in the lungs
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atel/o
- incomplete, imperfect
- atel/ectasis - incomplete expansion of the lung; also called airless lung or collapsed lung
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anthrac/o
- coal, coal dust
- anthrac/osis - abnormal condition of coal dust (in the lungs)
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spir/o
- breathe
- spir/o/meter - instrument for measuring breathing
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phren/o
- diaphragm; mind
- phren/o/spasm - involuntary contraction of the diaphragm
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thorac/o
- chest
- thorac/o/pathy - disease of the chest
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steth/o
- chest
- steth/o/scop - instrument used for examining the chest
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pector/o
- chest
- pector/algia - pain in the chest; also called thoracalgia, thoracdynia, and pectordynia
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ox/o
- oxygen
- hyp/ox/emia - difficiency of oxygen in blood
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ox/i
- oxygen
- ox/i/meter - instrument used for measuring oxygen
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