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10/27 quiz list/resp
respiratory terms
Term | Definition |
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ANOSMIA | LOSS OF SMELL |
BRADYPNEA | SLOW RESPIRATION |
BRONCHOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW THE BRONCHUS |
DYSPNEA | DIFFICULTY BREATHING, LABORED BREATHING |
EUPNEA | NORMAL BREATHING |
HEMOTHORAX | BLOOD IN THE THORAX |
LARYNGOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF LARYNGEAL MUSCLES |
LARYNGOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OR THICKENING OF LARYNX |
NASOPYORRHEA | DISCHARGE FROM NOSE (PUS) |
PANSINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF ALL SINUSES |
PLEURECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE PLEURA, OR PART OF THE PLEURA |
PLEURODYNIA | SEVERE PAIN IN THE PLEURA |
PNEUMONOPATHY | DISEASE CONDITION OF THE LUNG |
PNEUMONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG |
PNEUMOTHORAX | AIR OR GAS IN THE PLEURA CAVITY |
RHINOCELE | OPENING, SWELLING IN THE NASAL CAVITY |
RHINOTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION IN THE NASAL CAVITY FOR DRAINING |
TACHYPNEA | FAST REPSIRATIONS |
TRACHEOSTOMY | LONG TERM OPENING IN THE TRACHEA. CUTTING INTO A TRACHEA TO INSERT A TUBE INTO IT. |