[Music] Hello everyone, welcome to my channel. This is Professor River. Me too. Today we will be talking about medical terminology for the respiratory system. Apnea. A man collapses in a gym. No sound, no breath. The medic calls out apnea and the team springs into action. Just one word told them everything they needed to know. So let's break down the word. The prefix is a. The word root is nia. Definition temporary sessation of breathing. Orthopia. You fall asleep sitting up because laying down feels like drowning in air. Grandpa could only sleep propped up. When he lays flat, his chest tightened. The doctor said, "That's rothnia, the signal the heart and lungs are struggling." Let's break down the word. The combining form is ortho, which means straight. The suffix is nia, which means breathing. Definition: difficulty breathing when laying flat or the patient can only breathe when they are sitting up or standing up straight. A teen faints at soccer practice. The coach says she was breathing too fast. Er, right to not just a symptom, it's a red flag. What prefix means fast in medical terms? Let's break down the word. The prefix is tacky which means fast or rapid. The word root is me p which means breath and the suffix is a or a which is a noun ending. The definition abnormally rapid breathing. Comment below if you've ever felt breathless after exercise. And guess the next word. It means your skin turns blue from lack of oxygen. The infant is not crying after birth. The nurse checks the lips and they're blue. We have cyanosis, she shouts. that signals low oxygen and starts emergency care. Let's break down the word. Combining form is cyano which means blue. Suffix is osis which means abnormal condition. Definition bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen. Maria thought her cough was just lingering from a cold until it turned into chest pain and breathlessness. Her doctor said classic case of bronchitis. Let's break down the word. Combining form bronco which means the bronchus. Suffix is itis which means inflammation. Definition: Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. Comment below if you've ever had bronchitis and share how you got through it. A toddler daycare had constant nasal drip. Doc said classic rhinora viral. Let's break down word. Combining form is rhino which means nose. The suffix is ria which means discharge or flow. Definition: excessive nasal discharge or runny nose. What's your go-to fix for a runny nose? Share it below. We're building the ultimate rhinora tool kit. A teen came in with a red throat with white patches. Diagnosis bacterial fngitis. Let's break down the word. Bingo is the combined form which means fernx or throat and again the suffix is itis which we've learned means inflammation. Definition inflammation of the fairings or in other words a sore throat. Post surgery Susan woke up unable to speak. ENT confirm luring plegia from nerve injury. Let's break down the words. The combining form is luringo which means larynx or your voice box and the suffix is pleia which means paralysis. Definition paralysis of the larynx. A woman complained of neck swelling when she coughed. Imaging showed tracheoceal. Let's break down the word. The combining form is tracheo which means trachea. The suffix is seal which means a hernia or protrusion. The definition herniation of the tracheal wall. Is this a new term to you? Type the word rare in the comments if this is new. Kevin was exhausted for days. One night he collapsed. ER diagnosed pneumonia, fluid fil lungs blocking oxygen flow. Let's break down the word. The combining form is pneumono which means lung and the suffix is i which means condition. Definition infection of the lung parancima causing inflammation and fluid. A young woman with pneumonia develops stabbing pain. The plural lining in the x-ray is inflamed. Classic pluracy. Let's break down the word. The combining form is pluro which means the plura or the lung membrane. And the suffix is icy or is which means condition. Definition inflammation of the plura the membrane surrounding the lungs. Now if you think that the word should be pluritis you also will be correct because itis means inflammation. A child with cystic fibrosis had repeat infections and the CT showed bronchiacttois. Let's break down the word. The combining form is bronco which means bronchus. The suffix is ectosis which means dilation or expansion. Definition: Chronic dilation of the bronchial tubes, often due to infection. After abdominal surgery, deep breaths were painful. Chest X-ray confirmed adalcttois. Let's break down the word. The combining form is atello, which means incomplete. The suffix just like with the previous word is ectois which means dilation or expansion. The definition collapse or incomplete expansion of the lung. Some people also pronounce this as adalctasis just like bronchiactasis can also be pronounced as bronchasis. A car accident victim was stable until chest pain hit. The emergency doc heard no breath sounds. Diagnosis numothorax. Let's break down the word. This word has no prefix or no suffix but has two word roots with a combining vowel in the middle. So the first word root is n or a combining form as of numo which means air or lung and the second word root is thorax which means chest. Definition presence of air in the plural cavity causing lung collapse. A trauma patient arrives with internal bleeding. The surgeons perform a thoracictomy to reach the heart in seconds. Let's break down the word. Barco is a combined form which means chest and the suffix is tommy which means a incision. Definition surgical incision into the chest wall. Severe allergic reaction closed John's throat. Emergency tracheosttomy gave him a new airway and saved his life. Let's break down the words. The combining form is tracheo which is for the trachea and the suffix is stoi with an s which means creation of an opening. Definition surgical creation of an opening in the trachea. After three rounds of antibiotics failed, Tom's general practitioner referred him to a pulmonologist who diagnosed rare bronchiais. Let's break down the word. Pulmono is a combining form which means lung. The suffix is logist which means a specialist. So, a pulmonologist is a medical specialist in respiratory system diseases. All right. So, now let's see how much you've retained. I'm going to give you three words and I'd like for you to type them in the comments and give me their definitions. Okay. First word is rhinoplia. rhinopliagia. Second word is tracheitis. Tracheitis. And the third word is bradypnia. Bradypnneia. Good luck. Thank you for watching. If you found this video helpful, please give it a thumbs up, subscribe to my channel, and share it with your fellow nursing students. 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