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granuloma |
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nodular, inflammatory lesion |
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naris |
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nostril |
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septum |
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wall dividing two cavities |
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status asthmaticus |
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severe prolonged asthma attach that does not respond to repeated doses of bronchodialators |
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surfactant |
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fatty substance that decreases surface tension on alveoli |
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sept/o |
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septum |
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pharyng/o |
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pharynx |
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pneum/o orpneumon/o |
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air, lung |
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pulmon/o |
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lung |
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anthrac/o |
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coal, coal dust |
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atel/o |
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incomplete |
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coni/o |
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dust |
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lob/o |
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lobe |
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orth/o |
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straight |
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pector/o orsteth/o orthorac/o |
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chest |
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phren/o |
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diaphram; mind |
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spir/o |
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breathe |
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-capnia |
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carbon dioxide |
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-osmia |
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smell |
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-phonia |
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voice |
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breathing |
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-pnea |
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spitting |
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-ptysis |
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chest |
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-thorax |
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acidosis |
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acidic conditions; due to retention of CO2 |
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anosmia |
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absence of or decrease int he sense of smell |
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apnea |
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temporary loss of breathing |
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asphyxia |
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condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen |
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atelectasis |
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collapsed or airless state of the lung |
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
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repeated breathing pattern characterized by fluctutation in the depth of repsiration, first deeply; then shallow; then not at all. |
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compliance |
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ease with which lung tissue can be stretched |
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coryza |
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head cold; URI |
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deviated nasal septum |
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displacement of cartilage dividing the nostrils |
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epistaxis |
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nosebleed |
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finger clubbing |
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enlargement of the terminla phalanges of the fingers and toes; commonly associated with pulmonary disease |
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hypoxemia |
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deficiency of oxygen in the blood; also called anoxemia |
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hypoxia |
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absence or deficieency of oxygen ont he tissues; ;also called anoxia |
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pleurisy |
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inflammation of the pleural membrane characterized by a stabbing pain that is intensified by coughing or deep breathing; also called pleuritis |
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pneumoconiosis |
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generally occupational disease caused by inhaling dust |
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pulmonary edema |
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accumulation of extravascular fluid in lung tissues and alveoli caused most commonly by heart failure |
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pulmonary embolus |
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mass of undissolved matter in pulmonary arteries or its branches |
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rale |
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abnormal respiratory sound; crackle |
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rhonchus |
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adventitious breath sound that resembles snoring |
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stridor |
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high pitched harsh adventitious breath sound caused by spasm |
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wheeze |
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whistling or sighing sound on auscultation that results from narrowing of the lumen of the respiratory passageway |
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