med term respiratory
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- adenoidectomy
- Removal of adenoids.
- adenoid hypertrophy
- Excessive development (enlargement) of adenoids.
- alveolar
- Pertaining to an alveolus.
- bronchospasm
- Involuntary contraction of muscles in the walls of bronchial tubes.
- bronchiectasis
- Dilation of bronchial tubes.
- bronchodilator
- widens bronchial tubes to make breathing easier.
- bronchiolitis
- Inflammation of bronchioles.
- hypercapnia
- Excessive carbon dioxide in the blood.
- pneumoconiosis
- Abnormal condition of dust in the lungs.
- cyanosis
- Condition of bluish coloration of skin caused by decreased oxygen in the blood.
- epiglottitis
- Inflammation of the epiglottis
- laryngeal
- Pertaining to the larynx.
- laryngospasm
- Contraction of the muscles of the larynx.
- laryngitis
- Inflammation of the voice box.
- lobectomy
- Removal of a lobe (of the lung).
- mediastinoscopy
- Visual examination of the mediastinum.
- paranasal sinuses
- Pertaining to spaces in the skull that are near, alongside, the nose and nasal cavities.
- nasogastric tube
- Tube placed from the nose into the stomach.
- orthopnea
- Breathing discomfort in any position but erect, sitting, or standing straight.
- hypoxia
- Deficiency of oxygen (anoxia) due to decreased oxygen in blood.
- expectoration
- Expulsion of material (mucus or phlegm).
- pharyngeal
- Pertaining to the throat.
- dysphonia
- Difficult (abnormal) voice; hoarseness or any voice impairment.
- phrenic nerve
- Nerve carrying messages from the brain to the diaphragm.
- pleurodynia
- Pain associated with inflammation of irritation of pleura (or pain from intercostal muscles).
- pleural effusion
- Fluid collects in the pleural cavity (space).
- pneumothorax
- Air within the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs.
- pneumonectomy
- Removal of a lung.
- pulmonary
- Pertaining to lungs.
- rhinorrhea
- Discharge from the nose.
- rhinoplasty
- Surgical repair of the nose.
- sinusitis
- Inflammation of sinuses.
- spirometer
- Instrument to measure breathing (the air taken into and exhaled from the lungs).
- expiration
- The expulsion of air from the lungs.
- respiration
- Breathing (inspiration and expiration).
- atelectasis
- Incomplete expansion of a lung (collapsed lung).
- thoracotomy
- Incision of the chest.
- thoracic
- Pertaining to the chest.
- tonsillectomy
- Removal of tonsils.
- tracheotomy
- Incision of the trachea.
- tracheal stenosis
- Pertaining to narrowing of the trachea.