Medical Terminology Simplified

4–50 The suffix -celemeans hernia, swelling.A hernial protrusion of lung tissue

may be caused by a partial airway obstruction.

Use pneumon/oto form a word that means herniation of the lung:

/ /

4–51 Use pneumon/oto build medical words that mean

abnormal condition of the lungs: /

disease of the lung: / /

excision of a lung: /

4–52 The suffix -centesisis used in words to denote a surgical puncture.

Pneum/o/centesisis a surgical puncture to aspirate the.

4–53 If you are not sure what aspirate means in the previous frame, take a few

minutes to use your medical dictionary to define the term.

4–54 Lung abscess, an abnormal localized collection of fluid, may be caused by

pneumonia. Therapeutic treatment with pneum/o/centesis may be required.

Construct another word that means surgical puncture of a lung:

/ /

4–55 Pneumon/o/melan/osis is an abnormal condition of black lung caused by

inhalation of black dust (a disease common among coal miners), which is also called

pneumomelanosis or pneumoconiosis.

Analyze pneumon/o/melan/osis by defining the word elements:

pneumon/omeans: or

melan/omeans:

-osismeans:

4–56 The lungs are divided into five lobes: three lobes in the right lung and two

lobes in the left lung. Both lungs supply blood with O 2 inhaled from the environ-

ment and dispose of waste CO 2 in the exhaled air.

O 2 refers to. CO 2 refers to

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Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

pneumon/o/cele

nū-MŌN-ō-sēl

pneumon/o/centesis

nū-mō-nō-sĕn-TĒ-sis

lung(s), air

black

abnormal condition

oxygen

carbon dioxide

lung(s)

pneumon/osis

nū-mōn-Ō-sĭs

pneumon/o/pathy

nū-mō-NŎP-ăth-ē

pneumon/ectomy

nū-mōn-ĔK-tō-mē