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Pathologies Practice Exercises
High-pitched upper-airway sound heard without a stethoscope, indicating airway obstruction; a medical emergency. Infection and inflammation of upper-airway structures, usually caused by a virus; often called the common cold .
stridor (STRˉI -doˉr)
upper-respiratory infection (URI) (U˘P-˘er RE˘S-p˘ır-a-tor-ˉe ˘ın-FE˘K-shu˘n)
Somewhat musical sound heard in the lungs, usually with a stethoscope, caused by partial airway obstruction (such as with asthma).
wheeze (hwˉez)
IN A FLASH! Go to FADavis.com to print the Pathology Terms Flash Cards for Chapter 8 and run through them at least three times before you continue. Use the interleaving learning strategy by mixing the Chapter 8 cards with the cards from previous chapters.
Visit the Medical Language Lab at medicallanguagelab.com to complete the learning activities for the respiratory system.
Pathologies Practice Exercises
5. Deciphering Terms Using the three simple steps for deciphering medical terms (Chapter 2), separate each term into its suffix, prefix (if any), and combining form. Some terms may have more than one combining form. Next, translate the term and its parts. Anoxia has been done for you as an example. Consult a medical dictionary to determine if your definitions are correct and to explore the commonly used meanings.
anoxia Suffix: ia = condition of
Prefix: an = without, not, absence of
Combining Form: ox/o = oxygen
Meaning: condition of no oxygen
1. phonocardiogram Suffix:
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Combining Form: Meaning:
2. retropharyngeal Suffix:
Prefix:
Combining Form: Meaning:
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