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54 Cards in this Set
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naso
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nose
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rhino
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nose
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septo
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septum
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sinuso
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sinus, cavity
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adenoido
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adenoids
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tonsillo
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tonsils
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bronchiolo
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bronchiole
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alveolo
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alveolus; air sac
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pleuro
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pleura
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pneumo
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air; lung
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pneumono
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air; lung
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pulmono
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lung
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anthraco
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coal, coal dust
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atelo
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incomplete; imperfect
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conio
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dust
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cyano
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blue
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lobo
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lobe
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ortho
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straight
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oxi
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oxygen
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oxo
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oxygen
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pectoro
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chest
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stetho
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chest
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thoraco
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chest
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phreno
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diaphragm; mind
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spiro
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breathe
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-capnia
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CO2
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-osmia
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smell
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-phonia
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voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-thorax
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chest
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brady
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slow
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anosmia
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absence of the sense of smell
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atelectasis
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collapsed lung
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cheyne-Stokes respiration
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deep, shallow, none, shallow, none, deep
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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; upper respiratory infection
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crackle
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a.k.a. rale; sound caused by exudates, spasms, hyperplasia or when air enters the moisture filled alveoli
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croup
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childhood condition involving inflammation of the larynx, trachea, bronchial passages and sometimes lungs
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deviated nasal septum
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displacement of the cartilage of the nostrils
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finger clubbing
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enlargement of the terminal phalanges, commonly associated with pulmonary disease
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hypoxemia
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deficiency of O2 in the blood
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hypoxia
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deficiency of O2 in the tissues
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pertussis
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whooping cough
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pleurisy
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pleuritis (symptom: stabbing pain intensified by coughing or deep breathing)
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pneumoconiosis
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disease caused by inhaling dust particles
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rhonchus
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course, rattling noise like snoring, suggesting secretions in the larger airways
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stridor
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high-pitched, harsh breath sound
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Mantoux test
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intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity (TB skin test)
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polysomnography
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test of & observation of sleep cycles
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PFTs
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pulmonary function tests
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arterial blood gas ABG
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test that measures partial pressure of O2, CO2, pH and HCO3- levels of an arterial blood sample
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lavage
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washing out of an organ
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antral lavage
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washing out of the maxillary sinus (done to treat chronic or nonresponsive sinusitis)
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