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15 Cards in this Set
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anoxia
-oxia |
Lack of oxygen
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apnea
-pnea |
Without breath
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atelectasis
atel = incomplete -ectasis = stretching, expansion |
collapsed lung
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dyspnea
eupnea |
difficulty breathing
good breathing |
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endotracheal
endo- within |
within windpipe
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hemothorax
hemo = C.F -thorax |
blood in pleural cavity
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hypoxia
-oxia = oxygen |
defficiency of oxygen in tissues
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hemoptysis
hemo = blood -ptysis = spitting |
spitting up blood
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laryngectomy
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removal of voice box
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orthopnea
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breathing well standing or sitting
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pharyngitis
croup |
inflammation of throat
acute viral infection in infants and children characterized by obstruction of larynx, barking cough |
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pleuritis
atelectasis |
inflammation of pleurus
incomplete expansion of alveoli |
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pleurodynia
asphyxia -sphyxia |
pain in chest
no pulse |
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rhinorrhea
throacotomy |
runny nose
cut into chest |
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tachypnea
thoracocentesis |
fast breathing
removal of fluid from chest |
