Medical Terminology of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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Hypoxaemia

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Condition of abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood

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Hypercapnia

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Condition of abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood

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Hypoventilation

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Breathing at an abnormally low rate, increase amount of carbon dioxide in the blood (respiratory acidosis)

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Hyperventilation

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Breathing at an abnormally high rate, decrease amount of carbon dioxide in the blood (respiratory alkalosis)

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Haemoptysis

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Symptom of coughing out blood from the lungs or bronchial tubes

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of the skin caused by the desaturation of Hb or peripheral vasoconstriction

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Acute respiratory failure

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Condition where fluid builds up in the air sacs in your lungs, when this happens, the lungs can’t release O2 into the blood and thus organs can’t get O2 to function

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Atelectasis

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Complete or partial collapse of the entire lung or area, occurs when the alveoli within the lung become deflated or filled with alveolar fluid

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Bronchiectasis

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Bronchiectasis is a disease in which there is permanent enlargement of parts of the airways of the lung.

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Pneumothorax

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A collapsed lung. A pneumothorax occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall. This air pushes on the outside of your lung and makes it collapse. Pneumothorax can be a complete lung collapse or a collapse of only a portion of the lung

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Pleural effusion

Answer 11

Build up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs.
The pleura are thin membranes that line the lungs and the inside of the chest cavity and act to lubricate and facilitate breathing

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Empyema

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Collection of pus in the pleural cavity

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Dyspnoea

Answer 13

Shortness of breath