Medical Terminology Simplified

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Term Definition

necropsy

NĔK-rŏp-sē

needle biopsy

BĪ-ŏp-sē

node

NŌD

papillary

PĂP-ĭ-lăr-ē

pneumonia

nū-MŌ-nē-ă

polyp

PŎL-ĭp

snare

SNĀR

submaxillary

sŭb-MĂK-sĭ-lār-ē

Reading

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Upper Airway Obstruction

A 55-year-old white man was seen 2 years ago because of upper airway obstruction due to large polyps in the right
nasal cavity. On examination, a large polypoid mass was observed to fill most of the right nasal cavity. The mass orig-
inated in the middle meatus. With the use of a nasal snare, polypectomy was performed to remove several sections.
There was a slight hemorrhage. On the next day, a 4 ×3–cm oval soft mass was excised from beneath the left submax-
illary region, with the patient under local anesthesia. The mass was just beneath the superficial fascia and appeared to
be an enlarged lymph node unconnected with the nasal disease.

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