For each of the following, circle the correct spelling of the term: auskucation/auscultation/auskultation, tackypnea/tachypenia/tachypnea, eupnea/eupenia/eupneia, plurisy/plurisey/pleurisy, hemathorax/hemothorax/hematothorex, stethoscope/sethoscopy/stethoskope, epitaxes/epistaxes/epistaxis, ronchi/rhonchi/rhonkhi, hemoptysis/hemaptysis/hemoptsis, rhinorhea/rhinorrhea/rinorhea, imphasema/emphysema/emphasema, atelectasis/atalexisis/attelexis, bronkodielater/bronchodialator/bronchodilator.

Answer

The correct spellings for the medical terms provided in the list are as follows: 1. auscultation: The act of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs, typically with a stethoscope. 2. tachypnea: Abnormally rapid breathing. It comes from the Greek 'tachy' (fast) and 'pnea' (breathing). 3. eupnea: Normal, good, unlabored breathing, sometimes known as quiet breathing or resting respiratory rate. 4. pleurisy: Inflammation of the pleura, the membranes that enfold the lungs and line the chest cavity. 5. hemothorax: A collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity). 6. stethoscope: A medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing. 7. epistaxis: Bleeding from the nose. 8. rhonchi: Continuous low pitched, rattling lung sounds that often resemble snoring. 9. hemoptysis: The coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs. 10. rhinorrhea: A condition where the nasal cavity is filled with a significant amount of mucus fluid ('runny nose'). 11. emphysema: A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness. 12. atelectasis: Partial or complete collapse of the lung. 13. bronchodilator: A drug that causes widening of the bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.