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SS resp words s1/s24
Term | Definition |
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coughing up blood | hemoptysis |
referring to air/lungs | pneumatic |
air in pleural space | pneumothorax |
condition caused by inhalation of dust | pneumoconiosis |
instrument used to view the voice box/vocal cords | laryngoscope |
narrowing of the windpipe | tracheostenosis |
incision into windpipe | tracheotomy |
more or less permanent opening into windpipe | tracheostomy |
puncture of chest to remove fluid from pleural space | thoracentesis |
pleural pain | pleurodynia |
pus in pleural space | pyothorax |
bloody nose | epistaxis |
inflammation of all sinuses | pansinusitis |
profuse bleeding from nose | rhinorrhagia |
abnormal dilation of bronchial tubes | bronchiectasis |
small bronchus | bronchiole |
involuntary contraction of smooth muscles in bronchial tubes | bronchospasm |
removal of half the voice box | hemilaryngectomy |
remove of one lobe of lung | lobectomy |
blood in pleural space | hemothorax |
removal of a lung | pneumonectomy |