Respiratory Terminology

Medical terms/ definition

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bronch-

branch of windpipe

-centesis

puncture

laryngo

larynx

-meter

instrument used to measure

-orrhea

flow

-oxia

oxygen

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

pneumo

lung

pulmon-

lung

rhin-

nose

-spasm

involuntary contraction

spiro-

breath

-staxis

dripping

trache-

windpipe

pulmonolgist

pulmonary disease specialist

rhinorrhea

nasal cavity filled w/ lots of mucus fluid

hypoxia

oxygen reaching tissues

tracheostomy

incision in windpipe to relieve abstruction blocking air way

phonation

production of speech

respiration

action of breathing