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155 Cards in this Set
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AIR CAVITIES WITHIN THE CRANIAL BONES THAT OPEN INTO THE NASAL CAVATIES
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PARANASAL SINUSES
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FOOD AND AIR PASSAGEWAY BEFORE THE ESOPHAGUS
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PHARYNX
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LYMPHOID TISSUE LOCATED BEHIND THE NASAL CAVITY
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ADENOIDS
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LYMPHOID TISSUE BEHIND THE MOUTH
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TONSILS
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VOCAL CORDS AND VOICE BOX FOLLOWING THE PHARYNX
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LARYNX
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SEROUS MEMBRANE COVERING EACH LUNG AND LINING THE THORACIC CAVITY
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PLEURA
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MUSCULAR PARTITION THAT SEPARATES THE THORACIC CAVITY FROM THE AB CAVITY AND AIDS IN BREATHING
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DIAPHRAGM
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SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS IT CONTAINS HEART ESPOPH, TRACHEA,ETC.
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MEDIASTINUM
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PNUEM/O
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LUNG, AIR
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PNUEMAT/O
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LUNG,AIR
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PNUEMON/O
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LUNG, AIR
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PULMON/O
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AIR
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SEPT/O
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SEPTUM
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THORAC/O
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CHEST
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ATEL/O
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IMPERFECT,INCOMPLETE
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CAPN/O
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CARBON DIOXIDE
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HEM/O
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BLOOD
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HEMAT/O
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BLOOD
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MUC/O
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MUCUS
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ORTH/O
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STRAIGHT
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OX/O
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OXYGEN
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OX/I
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OXYGEN
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PY/O
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PUS
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SOMN/O
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SLEEP
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SPIR/O
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BREATHE,BREATHING
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A-
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WITHOUT OR ABSENCE OF
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AN-
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WITHOUT OR ABSENCE OF
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ENDO-
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WITHIN
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EU-
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NORMAL,GOOD
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PAN-
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ALL,TOTAL
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POLY-
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MANY,MUCH
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-ALGIA
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PAIN
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-AR
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PERTAINING TO
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-ARY
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PERTAINING TO
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-EAL
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PERTAINING TO
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-CELE
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HERNIA OR PROTRUSION
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-CENTESIS
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SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO ASPIRATE FLUID
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-ECTASIS
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STRETCH OUT, DILATE, EXPAND
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-EMIA
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BLOOD CONDITION
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-GRAM
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RECORD,X-RAY
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-GRAPHY
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PROCESS OF RECORDING, X-RAY IMAGING
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-METER
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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE
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-METRY
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MEASUREMENT
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-OXIA
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OXYGEN
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-PEXY
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SURGICAL FIXATION OR SUSPENSION
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-PHONIA
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SOUND OR VOICE
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-PNEA
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BREATHING
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-RRHAGIA
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RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD
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-SCOPE
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-INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION
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-SCOPIC
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PERTAINING TO VISUAL EXAMINATION
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-SCOPY
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VISUAL EXAMINATION
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-SPASM
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SUDDEN INVOLUNATRY MUSCLE CONTRACTION
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-STENOSIS
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CONSTRICTION OR NARROWING
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-STOMY
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CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL OPENING
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-TOMY
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CUT INTO OR INCISION
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ADENOIDITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF ADENOIDS
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ATELECTASIS
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INCOMPLETE EXPANSION IN COLLAPSED LUNGS OR INFANTS
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BRONCHIECTASIS
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DILATION OF BRONCHI
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BRONCHITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF BRONCHI
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BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA
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CANCEROUS TUMOR ORIGINATING IN THE BRONCHUS
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DIAPHRAGMATOCELE
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HERNIA OF THE DIAPHRAGM
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INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS
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EPIGLOTTITIS
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HEMOTHORAX
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BLOOD IN THE CHEST
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LARYNGITIS
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LARYNX INFLAMMATION
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LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX, TRACHEA, AND BRONCHI
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ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS
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CROUP
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LOBAR PNUEMONIA
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LOBE INFECTION
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NASOPHARYNGITIS
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NOSE AND PHARYNX INFLAMMATION
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PANSINUSITIS
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SINUS INFLAMMATION
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PHARYNGITIS
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PHARYNX INFLAMMATION
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PLEURITIS
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PLEURESY OR INFLAM OF PLEURA
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PNEUMATOCELE
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HERNIA OF THE LUNG
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PNUEMOCONIOSIS
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DUST IN THE LUNGS
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PNUEMONIA
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DISEASED STATE OF LUNG BY INFECTION OF BACTERIA
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PNUEMOTHRORAX
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AIR IN THE CHEST
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PULMONARY NEOPLASM
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PERTAINING TO THE LUNG OF NEW GROWTH
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PYOTHORAX
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PUS IN THE CHEST
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RHINITIS
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INFLAMED NOSE
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RHINOMYCOSIS
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ABNORMAL CONDITION OF FUNGUS IN THE NOSE
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RHINORRHAGIA
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RAPID FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE NOSE
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THORACALGIA
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PAIN IN THE CHEST
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TONSILLITIS
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INFLAM OF TONSILS
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TRACHEITIS
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INFLAM OF TRACHEA
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TRACHEOSTENOSIS
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NARROWING OF THE TRACHEA
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ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
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RESP FAILURE IN ADULT IN RESULT OF DISEASE OR INJURY
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ASTHMA
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RESP DISEASE OF COUGHING, WHEEZING, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
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SMOKING THAT OBSTRUCTS BRONCHIAL FLOW
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COCCIDIODOMYCOSIS
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FUNGAL DISEASE AFFECTING LUNGS
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COR PULMONALE
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SERIOUS CARDIAC DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISORDERS
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CROUP
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CONDITION RESULTING FROM ACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX (VIRAL BACTERIAL)
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CYSTIC FIBROSIS
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HEREDITARY OF ENDOCRINE GLANDS CHARACHTERIZED BY EXCESS MUCUS PRODUCTION IN THE RESP TRACT, AND PANCREAS
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DEVIATED SEPTUM
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ONE PART OF NASAL CAVITY IS SMALLER BECAUSE OF MALFORMATION OR INJURY
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EMPHYSEMA
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STRETCHING OF LUNG TISSUE CAUSED BY ALVEOLI LOSING STRETCHINESS
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EPISTAXIS
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NOSEBLEED
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INFLUENZA
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HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY A VIRUS
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LEGIONNARIE DISEASE
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A LOBAR PNUEMONIA CAUSED BY A BACTERIUM
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OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
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REPETITIVE PHARYNGEAL COLLAPSE DURING SLEEP WHICH LEADS TO STOP OF BREATHING
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PERTUSSIS
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ACUTE CROWING INSPIRATION OR WHOOP
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PLEURAL EFFUSION
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ESCAPE OF FLUID INTO THE PLEURAL SPACE AS A RESULT OF INFLAMMATION
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P. CARNII PNUEMONIA
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PNUEMONIA CAUSED BY THE P.CARNINII FUNGUS COMMON IN AIDS PATIENTS
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PULMONARY EDEMA
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FLUID ACCUMULATION IN THE ALVEOLI AND BRONCHIOLES
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PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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FOREIGN MATTER SUCH AS BLOOD CLOT, FAR CLOT, AIR CARRIED IN CIRCULATION TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY WHERE IT BLOCKS
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TUBERCULOSIS
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AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, CAUSED BY AN ACID-FAST BACILLUS MOST COMMONLY SPREAD BY INHALATION OF SMALL PARTICLES AND USUALLY AFFECTING THE LUNGS
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UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
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INFECTION OF NASAL CAVITY, LARYNX OR PHARYNX
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ADENOIDECTOMY
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ADENOIDS EXCISION
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ADENOTOME
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TOOL USED TO CUT ADENOIDS
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BRONCHOPLASTY
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SURGICAL REPAIR OF A BRONCHUS
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LARYNGECTOMY
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CUT OUT LARYNX
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LARYNGOPLASTY
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SURGICAL REPAIR OR LARYNX
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LARYNGOSTOMY
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CREATION OF ARTIFICAL OPENING INTO THE LARYNX
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LARYNGOTRACHEOTOMY
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INCISION OF LARYNX AND TRACHEA
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LOBECTOMY
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EXCISION OF A LOBE
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PLEUROPEXY
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SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE PLEURA
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PNEUMOBRONCHOTOMY
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INCISION OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS
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PNEUMONECTOMY
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EXCISION OF THE LUNG
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THORACOCENTESIS
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PUNCTURE TO ASPIRATE FLUID FROM THE CHEST CAVITY
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BRONCHOSCOPE
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TOOL TO VISUALLY EXAMINE BRONCHI
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ENDOSCOPE
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INSTRUMENT USED FOR SEEING INSIDE AN ORGAN OR CAVITY
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CAPNOMETER
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TOOL TO MEASURE CARBON DIOXIDE IN EXPIRED GAS
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OXIMETER
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TOOL TO MEASURE OXYGEN SATURATION IN BLOOD
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SPIROMETER
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MEASURES BREATHING FOR LUNG VOLUMES
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POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
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PROCESS OF RECORDING MANY TESTS DURING SLEEP TO DIAGNOSE SLEEP APNEA
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CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN
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COMPUTERIZED IMAGES OF THE CHEST CREATED IN SECTIONS SLICED FROM FRONT TO BACK
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VENTILATION PERFUSION SCANNING
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURE USED TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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ACID-FAST BACILLLI SMEAR
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TEST PERFORMED ON SPUTUM TO DETERMINE IF ACID FAST BACILLI ARE PRESENT WHICH MY INDICATE TB
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ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
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A TEST PERFORMED ON ARTERIAL BLOOD TO DETERMINE LEVELS OF OXYGEN CO2 AND OTHER GASES
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PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST1
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GROUP OF TESTS TO MEASURE BREATHING
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PULSE OXIMETRY
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A NONINVASIVE METHOD OF MEASURING OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD BY USING A DEVICE THAT ATTACHES TO THE FINGERTIP
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PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE SKIN TEST
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TESTED ON INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO TB. INJECTED INTRADERMALLY
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ANOXIA
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ABSENCE OF OXYGEN
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APHONIA
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ABSENCE OF VOICE
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APNEA
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ABSENCE OF BREATHING
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BRONCHOALVEOLAR
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PERTAINING TO BRONCHI AND ALVEOLI
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BRONCHOSPASM
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BRONCHI SPASM
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DYSPHONIA
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DIFFICULT BREATHING
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EUPNEA
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NORMAL BREATHING
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HYPERCAPNIA
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CONDITION TO EXCESSIVE CO2
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HYPERPNEA
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EXCESSIVE BREATHING
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HYPOCAPNIA
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CONDITION OF LOW CO2
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HYPOPNEA
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deficient breathing
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HYPOXEMIA
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DEFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
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HYPOXIA
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LOW 02
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ORTHOPNEA
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ABILITY TO BREATHE ONLY WHEN UPRIGHT
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PULMONARY
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PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS
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RHINORRHEA
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DISCHARGE OF THE NOSE
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ASPIRATE
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WITHDRAW FLUID OR TO DRAW FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO RESP TRACT
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HYPERVENTILATION
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VENTILATION OF THE LUNGS BEYOND NORMAL BODILY NEEDS
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HYPOVENTILATION
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VENTILATION OF THE LUNGS BELOW NORMAL BODILY NEEDS
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MUCOPURULENT
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MUCUS AND PUS
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NEBULIZER
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MIST DEVICE TO DELIVER MEDICATION TO RESP PATIENTS
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
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AN INFECTION ACQUIRED DURING HOSPITALIZATION
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PAROXYSM
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PERIODIC OR SUDDEN ATTACK
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PATENT
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OPEN
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SPUTUM
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MUCOUS SECRETION OF THE LUNGS BRONCHI, AND TRACHEA EXPELLED THROUGH THE MOUTH
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VENTILATOR
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MECH DEVICE USED TO ASSIST WITH OR SUB FOR BREATHING WHEN PATIENT CANNOT BREATHE UNASSISTED
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