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Epiglottitis is a rare but serious condition that can cause breathing difficulties and even respiratory failure if left untreated. The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that sits at the base of the tongue, and its main function is to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway. When the epiglottis becomes inflamed or infected, it can swell and block the airway. Epiglottitis is most commonly caused by a bacterial infection, although it can also be caused by a viral infection or other irritants. Children are more susceptible to epiglottitis than adults, but it can occur at any age. Symptoms of epiglottitis typically come on suddenly and can include severe throat pain, difficulty swallowing, drooling, high fever, and respiratory distress. Patients may also have a muffled or hoarse voice, and may lean forward in an effort to breathe more easily. A notable symptom is Stridor: a high-pitched, noisy breathing sound that occurs when breathing in. If a doctor suspects that a patient has epiglottitis, they will usually perform a physical exam and may also order imaging tests or blood work to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment typically involves hospitalization, where the patient can be monitored closely and given oxygen and IV fluids if necessary. Antibiotics may also be given to treat the underlying infection. In severe cases, a patient may require intubation or even a tracheotomy to ensure that they can breathe properly. Fortunately, with prompt medical attention and treatment, most patients recover from epiglottitis without any lasting effects.
| Name | Country | Type |
| -ac | greek | "one afflicted with" |
| -alis | latin | "related to" or "pertaining to" |
| -ase | greek | "enzyme" |
| -ation | latin | "process" |
| -cide (-cīda) | latin | "killer" or "killing" |
| -dynia / odúnē (ὀδύνη) | greek | "pain" |
| -emia / haima (αἷμα) | greek | blood |
| -iatry / iatrós (ἰατρός) | greek | "healer" |
| -ism | ||
| -itis | greek | "inflammation" |
| -ium | latin | "tissue" or structure" |
| -olus | latin | "small" |
| -oma | greek | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| -opsy / opsis (ὄψῐς) | greek | "view" or "examination" |
| -ose | latin | "sugar" or "carbohydrate" |
| -osis | greek | "pathological" or "abnormal condition" |
| -rupt | latin | "erupt" or "break" or "burst" |
| -sy | greek | "pathological condition" |
| a- | greek | "deprive" or "without" or "from, away from, off" |
| ab- | latin | "from", "away from" |
| abdomin (abdōmen) | latin | "abdomen", "fat around the belly" |
| absorbēre | latin | "to absorb" |
| acanth / akantha (ἄκανθα) | greek | "thorn" or "spine" |
| acro / akron (ἄκρον) | greek | "extremity", "topmost" |
| acutus | latin | "sharp" |
| ad- | latin | "near" |
| aden (ἀδήν, ἀδέν-) | greek | "gland" |
| adips | latin | "fat" or "fatty tissue" |
| aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) | greek | "air" or "gas" |
| aesthesis (αἴσθησις ) | greek | "sensation" |
| akoustikós (ἀκουστικός) | greek | "hearing" |
| albus | latin | "white" or "pale color" |
| algos (ἄλγος) | greek | "pain" |
| amine | ||
| amnion (ἄμνιο) | greek | pertaining to the amnion (membranous fetal sac) |
| amphi (ἀμφί) | latin | "on both sides" or "both of two" |
| amylon | greek | "starch" |
| an- | greek | "not" or "without" |
| ana (ἀνα) | greek | "up" or "widening" |
| andr (ἀνδρ, ἀνήρ) | greek | "male" |
| aneurysma | greek | "dilation" |
| angere | latin | "to choke" or "to strangle" |
| angi | greek | "blood vessel" |
| anisos (ἄνῑσος) | greek | "unequal" |
| ankulos (ἀγκύλος) | greek | "bent" or "crooked" or "curved" |
| anthropos (άνθρωπος) | greek | "human" |
| anti- | greek | "against" or "opposed" |
| aortikos | greek | "pertaining to the aorta" |
| appendere | latin | "to hang something on" |
| arteria (αρσενικός) | greek | "windpipe" or "air hose" or "artery" |
| arthro- (ἄρθρον) | greek | "joint" |
| askos | greek | "bag" or "sack" |
| astma | greek | "panting" or "shortness of breath" |
| ather (ἀθάρη) | "fatty deposit" or "soft gruel-like deposit" | |
| atopos (ἄτοπος) | greek | "out of place" |
| autos (αὐτός) | greek | "self" or "the same" |
| bacillus | latin | "rod-shaped" |
| bakterion (βακτήριον) | greek | "small staff" |
| basis (βάσις) | greek | "foundation" or "base" |
| bi | latin | "twice" or "double" |
| bios (βίος) | greek | "life" |
| blastos (βλαστός) | greek | "germinate" or "bud" |
| brachus (βραχύς) | greek | "short" or "little" or "shallow" |
| bradus (βραδύς) | greek | "slow" |
| bronkhos | greek | "windpipe" or "throat |
| bursa | greek | "purse" |
| candidus | latin | "white" |
| capillus | latin | "hair" |
| capit | latin | "the head" |
| cellula | latin | "small cell" |
| cephalo (kephalḗ - κεφαλή) | greek | "the head" |
| chir / kheir (χείρ) / kheiro (χειρο) | greek | "hand" |
| chlor- | greek | "green" |
| chole / khole (χολή) | greek | "bile" |
| chronos | greek | "time" |
| cingulum | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| cis | latin | "on this side" |
| clast / klastos (κλαστός) | greek | "broken" or "break" |
| co | latin | "with" or "together" or "in association" |
| coccus / kokkos (κόκκος) | greek | "round" or "spherical" |
| congenitus | latin | "born with" |
| conjunctiv | ||
| contra | latin | "against" |
| corona | latin | "crown" or "garland" |
| cortex | latin | "outer region" |
| crine / krino (κρίνω) | greek | "to secrete" or "separate" or "discern" or "divide" |
| croupe | old french | "rump" or "haunch" |
| cryo | greek | "cold" |
| cyan- | greek | "blue" |
| cystis | latin | "bladder" |
| dactyl / dáktulos (δάκτυλος) | greek | "finger" or "toe" |
| de- | latin | "deprive" or "from, away from, off" |
| dent / dens / dentis | latin | "teeth" |
| derma | greek | "skin" |
| dia (διά) | greek | "through" or "across" |
| diabainein | greek | "to pass through" |
| diplo | greek | "double" |
| dipsa (δίψα) | greek | "thirst" |
| dromos (δρόμος) | greek | "a running" or "a course" |
| dupli | latin | "double" |
| dura / durus | latin | "hard" |
| dys- | greek | "difficult" or "abnormal" |
| ecto / ektós (ἐκτός) | greek | "outer" or "outside" |
| ectomy / ektome (ἐκτομή) | greek | "excision" or "removal of body part" |
| eidos | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| emphysao | greek | "to blow" or "to inflate" |
| en- | latin | "in" |
| endo | greek | "inside" |
| enteron | latin | "intestine" |
| epi- (ἐπι-) | greek | "up" or "before" or "outside" |
| epilepsia (ἐπιληψία) | greek | "seizure" or "to seize" |
| equi | latin | "equal" |
| erythr- | greek | "red" |
| erythro /eruthrós (ἐρυθρός) | greek | "red" |
| esophageal | ||
| eurys | greek | "wide" or "broad" |
| exo (ἔξω) | greek | "external" or "outside of" |
| externa | latin | "external" |
| febris | latin | "fever" |
| filum | latin | "thread" or "hair-like" |
| folliculus | latin | "small bag" or "sack" |
| galaktos | greek | "milk" |
| gaster | greek | "stomach" |
| genos (γένος) | greek | "to produce" or "kind" |
| gland | ||
| glaucos (γλαυκός) | greek | "grey" or "bluish-grey color" |
| gnosis (γνῶσις) | greek | "knowledge" |
| gonos (γόνος) | greek | "seed", "semen", "reproductive" |
| gramma (γράμμα) | greek | "picture" |
| graphia (γραφία) | greek | "written" or "drawn" or "recording" |
| gutta | latin | "a drop" |
| gyno | greek | "woman" |
| hemi | greek | "half" |
| hepar | greek | "liver" |
| hernia | latin | "a rupture" |
| herpes | greek | "to creep" or "to crawl" |
| heteros (ἕτερος) | greek | "two" or "another" or "different" |
| histemi | greek | "to stand" |
| homeo / homoios (ὅμοιος) | greek | "similar" |
| hydro / hudor (ὕδωρ ) | greek | "water" |
| hyper | greek | "excessive" or "above normal" |
| hypo- | greek | "under" or "below normal" |
| iasis | greek | "disease" |
| immunis | latin | "exempt" or "free from" |
| infectio | latin | "pollution" or "contamination" |
| inflammare | latin | "to set on fire" |
| inter | latin | "between" |
| interstice | english | "narrow space" |
| interstitial | ||
| intrā | latin | "within" |
| ischaimos | greek | "to hold back" or "to restrain" |
| iso | greek | "equal" |
| ite / ites (ίτης) | greek | "resembling" |
| kalium | latin | "potassium" |
| kardia | greek | "heart" |
| karpos (καρπός) | greek | "wrist" |
| kata (κατά) | greek | "down" or "under" |
| kerato | greek | cornea |
| khalasis | greek | "relaxation" |
| kirrhos | greek | orange-yellow |
| kloster (κλωστήρ) | greek | "spindle" or "thread" |
| kolon | greek | "colon" |
| kranion | greek | "skull" |
| kuphós (κυφός) | greek | "humped" or "bent forward" or "stooping" |
| kustis (κυστις) | greek | "bladder" or "pouch" |
| labi / labia / labium | latin | "lip" |
| lac | latin | "milk" |
| lateralis | latin | "belonging to the side" |
| latus | latin | "side" |
| leuc- | greek | "white" |
| leuk- | greek | "white" |
| lipos (λίπος) | greek | "fat" |
| lithos (λῐ́θος) | greek | "stone" |
| lupus | latin | "wolf" |
| lympha | latin | "clear water" or "lymph" |
| lysis / lúsis (λῠ́σῐς) | greek | "destruction" or "separation" |
| macros (μᾰκρός) | greek | "large" or "long" |
| mal- | latin | "poorly, badly" |
| mamma | latin | "breast" |
| mammilla | latin | "nipple" |
| manus | latin | "hand" |
| mastos (μαστός) | greek | "breast" |
| melan- | greek | "black" |
| meninx | greek | "membrane" |
| mesenterium | latin | "middle intestine" |
| mesos (μέσος) | latin | "middle" |
| metr- / metra (μήτρᾱ) | greek | "uterus" |
| migraine | french | "severe headache" |
| monos (μονός) | greek | "single" |
| morphe (μορφή) | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| multi | latin | "many" |
| musculus | latin | "muscle" |
| muxa (μύξᾰ) | greek | "mucus" |
| myelos | greek | "marrow" or "spinal cord" |
| myo- | greek | "muscle" |
| natus | latin | "born" |
| nekros (νεκρός) | greek | "death" |
| neos (νέος) | greek | "new" |
| nephros | greek | "kidney" |
| neuron (νεῦρον) | greek | "nerve" |
| neutrophil | ||
| neutros | greek | "neutral" referencing "neutrophils" |
| oculus | latin | "eye" |
| oesophagus / oisophagos (οἰσοφάγος) | greek | "gullet" or "passage for food" |
| oisophagos | greek | "gullet" or "entrance to the stomach" |
| oisos | greek | "equal" |
| oligos (ὀλῐ́γος) | greek | "few" |
| onkos (ὄγκος) | greek | "tumor" |
| oo / oion (ᾠόν) / oio (ᾠο) | greek | "egg" or "ovum" |
| oral / oris | latin | "mouth" |
| oric | "pylorus" | |
| osteo | greek | "bone" |
| ous | greek | "ear" |
| pachy / pakhus (πᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "thick" or "large" or "stout" |
| paidos (παιδός ) / pais (παῖς) | greek | "child" |
| panniculus | greek | "a small rag" or "a small piece of cloth" |
| para- | greek | "beside" or "near" |
| pathia | latin | "feeling/suffering" or "disorder/disease" |
| pathos | greek | "disease" |
| pauci | latin | "few" |
| pectus | latin | "breast" or "chest" |
| ped / pes | latin | "foot" |
| penia (πενῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "deficiency" or "poverty" |
| pepsis / pepsia / peptos (πεπτός) / pesso (πέσσω) | greek | "digestion" |
| peri- | greek | "around" |
| phagia (φαγία) / phagos (φᾰ́γος) / phagein (φᾰγεῖν) | greek | "to eat" |
| phall / phallus / phallos (φαλλός) | greek | "penis" |
| pherien | greek | "to carry" |
| philo- / philia (φῐλῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "loving" |
| phobia / phóbos (φόβος) | greek | "fear" |
| phone (φωνή) | greek | "sound" |
| photo- (φωτω-) / phos (φῶς) / phaos (φᾰ́ος) | greek | light |
| pituita | latin | "phlegm" |
| plasis (πλᾰ́σῐς) / plastos (πλαστός) | greek | "formed" or "molded" or "growth" |
| pleio- / pleion (πλεῖον) | greek | "multiple" |
| pleura | greek | "rib" |
| pne-, pneuma (πνεῦμα), pnein (πνεῖν), pneumatos (πνεύματος) | greek | "air" or "breath" or "lung" |
| pod- (ποδ-) / -pous (πούς) | greek | "foot" |
| poly | greek | "many" |
| porosis / poros (πόρος) | greek | "porous" |
| post | latin | "after" or "behind" |
| pre / prae | middle english and latin | "before" |
| primus | latin | "first" or "most important" |
| pro- | latin | "before" |
| proct / proktos (πρωκτός) | greek | "anus" or "rectum" |
| prolactin | hormone | |
| prostates | greek | "one who stands before" |
| protos (πρωτος) | greek | "first" or "most important" |
| pseudo (ψεύδω) | greek | "lie" or "deceive" |
| psora (ψώρα) | greek | "itch" or "mange" |
| psych / psykhe (ψυχή) | greek | "breath" or "life" or "soul" |
| pulmo | latin | "lung" |
| pulos | greek | "gatekeeper" |
| Pyloros / puloros (πυλωρός) | greek | "gate keeper" |
| refluere | latin | to flow back" |
| renes / ren | latin | "kidneys" |
| retro | latin | "backward" or "behind" |
| rhea / rhoia (ῥοίᾱ) | greek | "flow" or "discharge" |
| rheuma | greek | "a swelling" or "a stream" |
| rhino (ῥίς) / rhis (ῥίς) | greek | "nose" |
| rhod- | greek | "red" |
| salping- (σαλπιγγ-) / salpinx (σᾰ́λπῐγξ) | greek | "trumpet" |
| sangui / sanguine | latin | "blood" |
| sapros (σαπρός) | greek | "rotten" or "putrid" |
| sarco- / sarx (σάρξ) | greek | "flesh" |
| scabere | latin | "to scratch" |
| schist / skhistos (σχῐστός) | greek | "divided" or "split" |
| schizo (σχῐ́ζω) / skhizein (σχῐ́ζειν) | greek | "split" or "double-sided" |
| semi | latin | "half" |
| sepsis | greek | "decay" or "putrefaction" |
| sinus | latin | "cavity" or "curve" |
| situs | latin | "place" |
| sklerosis (σκληρόςσῐς) / skleros (σκληρός) | greek | "hard" or "hardening" |
| skolios (σκολιός) | greek | "crooked" or "bent" |
| somnus | latin | "sleep" |
| stasis (στᾰ́σῐς) | greek | "set" or "place" or "standing still" |
| stenos (στενός) | greek | "narrow" |
| stethos (στῆθος) | greek | "Upper chest" |
| struma | latin | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| sub | latin | "beneath" or "under" |
| super | latin | "above" or "superior" |
| supra | latin | "above" |
| syn | greek | "together" |
| syndrome | ||
| syrinx | greek | "tube" or "pipe" |
| tachy / takhus (τᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "fast" or "rapid" |
| tetanos (τέτανος) | greek | "rigid" or "taut" |
| thrombos (θρόμβος) | greek | "clot" or "lump" |
| tonos | greek | "tension" |
| trismos | greek | to "a biting together" or "gnash the teeth" or "to grind" |
| trismus | greek | "lockjaw" |
| trophic | greek | "nourishment" |
| ulcus | latin | "sore" or "wound" |
| vagina | latin | "sheath" or "scabbard" |
| vasculum | latin | "small vessel" |
| vena | latin | "vein" |
| ventricular | latin | "pertaining to the ventricles" |
| vita | latin | "life" |
| xenos (ξένος) | greek | "foreign" |
| xiphos (ξῐ́φος) | greek | "sword" |
| ze- / zeo (ζέω) | greek | "boil" or "bubble" or "seethe" |
| zoo / zoion (ζῷον) | greek | "animal" or "animal life" |
| zoster | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| zym / zyme (ζύμη) | greek | "fermentation" or "leaven" |