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Root:
broncho (bronk + oh)
bronchi, airway)
- Medical Term:
- bronchitis (bronchial inflammation)
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Root:
cili (sill + ee)
hairlike processes
- Medical Term:
- ciliogenesis (cili forming)
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Root:
ectasis (ek + ta + sis)
expansion
- Medical Term:
- atelectasis (abnormal expansion)
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Root:
laryngo (la + ring + go)
larynx, voice box)
- Medical Term:
- laryngitis (larynx inflammation)
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Root:
naso (nay + so)
nose
- Medical Term:
- nasology (nose, study of)
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Root:
oro (ore + oh)
mouth
- Medical Term:
- orofacial (mouth and face)
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Root:
oxy (ox + ee)
oxygen, keen
- Medical Term:
- oxyosmia (keen sense of smell)
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Root:
pector (pect + tore)
breast, chest
- Medical Term:
- pectoralgia (chest nerve pain)
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Root:
pleura (pluh + rah)
rib side
- Medical Term:
- pleurisy (inflammation of exterior lung lining)
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Root:
pneumo (new + mow)
lung
- Medical Term:
- pneumonectomy (lung excision)
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Root:
ptysis (tie + sis)
to spit
- Medical Term:
- hemoptysis (bloody sputum)
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Root:
pulmo (pull + moe)
lungs
- Medical Term:
- pulmonology (lungs, study of)
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Root:
rhin (rine)
nose
- Medical Term:
- rhinitis (nose inflammation)
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Root:
tracheo (tray + key + oh)
trachea, windpipe)
- Medical Term:
- tracheostomy (trachea opening)
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Cardiomyopathy = heart + muscle + disease
Weak heart muscle
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Hemochromatosis = blood + color + condition
Condition affecting iron metabolism that causes too much iron buildup in the body
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Pneumothorax = lung or air + chest
Air in the space around the lung
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Rhinophyma = nose + growth
Large ruddy nose
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Tracheomalacia = windpipe + softening
Weakness of the trachea
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