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Ch 12 Respiratory
Respiratory Terms
Term | Definition |
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BRONCHOGRAM | RECORD OF THE BRONCHUS |
BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A BRONCHUS |
BRONCHOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A BRONCHUS |
BRONCHOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW INSIDE OF BRONCHUS |
BRONCHOSPASM | INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE SPASM OF BRONCHUS |
BRONCHIAL | PERTAINING TO THE BRONCHUS |
BRONCHIECTASIS | DILATED BRONCHUS |
DIAPHRAGMATIC | PERTAINING TO THE DIAPHRAGM |
LARYNGECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE VOICE BOX |
LARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE VOICE BOX |
LARYNGOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE VOICE BOX |
LARYNGOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW THE VOICE BOX |
LARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE VOICE BOX |
LARYNGOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE VOICE BOX |
LOBECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A (LUNG) LOBE |
OXIMETER | INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE OXYGEN |
ANOXIA | CONDITION O F NO OXYGEN |
HYPOXEMIA | INSUFFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD |
HYPOXIA | INSUFFICIENT OXYGEN CONDTITION |
PLEUROCENTESIS | PUNCTURE OF THE PLEURA TO WITHDRAW FLUID |
PLEURECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE PLEURA |
PLEURODYNA | PLEURA PAIN |
PHARYNGITIS | THROAT INFLAMMATION ( SORE THROAT) |
PHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE THROAT |
NASOPHARYNGITIS | NOSE AND THROAT INFLAMMATION |
PULMONOLOGIST | LUNG SPECIALIST |
PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNG |
RHINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE |
RHINOMYCOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NOSE FUNGUS |
RHINOPLASY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE |