Pulmonology Flashcards
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A t o r y
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Pertaining to
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Spir/o
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Breath; coil
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Re-
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Again and again; backward; unable to
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Nasal
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Pertaining to the nose
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nas/o
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Nose
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Respiration
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Breathing in and breathing out
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-ation
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Being; having; process
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Inhalation
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Breathing in
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hal/o-
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Breathe
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In-
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In; not; within
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Inspiration
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Breathe in
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Exhalation
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Breathing out
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Expiration
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Bresthing out
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ex-
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Away from; out
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Upper respiratory infection (URI)
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Bacteria or viral infection of the nose and or throat. It is also no ask the common cold or head cold
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asthma
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Hyperactivity of the bronchia and bronchioles. Costs server shortness of breath. Attacks are triggered by exposure to allergen, dust, mold, smoke, inhaled chemicals, exercise, cold air, or emotional stress.
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Bronchospasm
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Tighten up the muscle that line the airway and your lungs. When this muscles tighten your airways narrow
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-spasm
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Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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Bronch/o
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bronchus: Any of the major air passage off the lungs which diverge from the windpipe
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Bronchitis
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Is acutronic inflammation or Infection of the bronchi. There is coughing, Mucus production, Wheezing, and a fever
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-itis
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Infection of; inflammation of
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Bronchiectasis
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Chronic, permanent enlargement and loss of elasticity of the bronchioles
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Breath sounds
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Brief sounds tell
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Rales
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Irregular crackling or bubbling sound during Inspiration
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Rhonchi
Humming whistling or snoring sounds during inspiration or
Expiration
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Strider
High pitched, harsh, crowing sign
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Wheezes
High pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during inspiration or expiration
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Atelectasis
Incomplete expansion or collapse of part, or all of a long due to mucus, tumor, trauma, or a foreign body that blocks the broncos
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atel/o-
Incomplete
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-ectasis
Condition of dilation
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-ic
Pertaining to
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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chono/o
Time
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-ive
Pertaining to
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obstract/o
Is blocked by a barrier
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Emphysema
Condition in the law of being extended and inflated
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em-
In
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-ema
Condition
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phys/o
Distend; grown; inflate
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Cystic fibrosis
Is a Progressive, Genetic disease that causes persistent long infections and limits the ability to breathe over time
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fibr/o
Fiber
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-Osis
Condition; process
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Cyst/o
Bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cystfibrosis
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Empyema
Conditional pus and the lungs
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py/o
Pus
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em-
In
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-ema
Condition
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Purulent
Containing, Consistent of, Or being pus
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-ent
Pertaining to
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Influenza
Acute viral infection of the upper and lower respiratory system. There is fever, Server muscle aches, and a cough. It is also no as the flu
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Lung cancer
Tumor up the lungs that is more common and smokers. Too much can be millennint or benig
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Malignant
Ten into infiterate, metastasized, and terminate fatally
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malign/o
Cancer; Is intentionally causing horm
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-ant
Pertaining to
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Carcinoma
I'm electronic tumor of epithelial origin
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Carcin/o
Cancer
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-oma
Mass; tumor
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Pheumoconiosis
And general word for any Is occupational loan disease caused by chronically inhaling some type of dust or particle
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Pneumonia
Is infection of some or all of the lobes of the
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Aspiration pneumonia
Cause by foreign matter chemical vomit and etc. that is inhaled into the lungs
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Bacteria pneumonia
Cause by bacteria
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Bronchopneumonia
Effects the bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli in the lung
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Lobar pneumonia
Affects part or all of just one lobe of the lung
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Viral pneumonia
Caused by a virus
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Pulmonary edema
Fluid (edema) collects in the alveoli
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Pulmonary embolism
Blockage of a pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus
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Tuberculosis
Law infection caused by the bacterium MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and spread by airborne droplets and coughing.
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Hemothorax
Presence of blood in the thoracic cavity
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Hem/o-
Blood
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-thorax
Chest
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Pleural effusion
Accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (between the two layers of pleura)
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-ion
Action; condition
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Effus/o-
Pouring out
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Pleurisy
Inflammation or infection of the pleura
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pleur/o
Lung membrane
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-isy
Condition of infection; conditional inflammation
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Pneumothorax
Large volume of air and the pleural space. This increasingly separated two layers of the pleural and compresses or collapses the long
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pneum/o-
Air; lung
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Apnea
Not breathing ( May be temporary as in pauses in breathing)
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-pnea
Breathing
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a-
Away from; without
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Bradypnea
Abnormally slow breathing
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brady-
Slow
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Expectoration
Coughing up sputum from the lungs
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pector/o-
Chest
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-ation
Being; having; process
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Hemoptysis
Coughing out blood
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-ptysis
Condition of coughing up
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Dyspnea
Difficult or labored respiration
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-pnea
Breathing
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dys-
Abnormal, difficult, painful
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Orthopnea
They need to be propped in An upright or semi-upright position in order to breathe and sleep comfortably
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orth/o
Straight
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Paroxysmal
Shortness of breath that occurs at night because fluid builds up in the lungs while the patient is laying down.
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Paroxysm/o
Sudder, Sharp attack
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-al
Is pertaining to
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Tachypnea
Rapid breathing.
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tachy-
Fast
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Oximetry
A noninvasive and painless test that measures your oxygen saturation level, or the oxygen levels in your blood
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bronchoscopy
Surgical Procedure that uses a lighted bronchoscope inserted through the mouth and larynx to examine the trachea and bronchi
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-scopy
Process of using an instrument to examine
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Lobectomy
Procedure to remove a lobe of a lung
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lob/o-
Lobe of an organ
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-ectomy
Surgical removal
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Pneumonectomy
Surgical removal of entire lung
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Pneumon/o-
Air; lung
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Thoracentesis
Procedure to remove fluid from the pleural space of the lung
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-centesis
Procedure to puncture
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Thoracotomy
Incision into the thoracic cavity.
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-tomy
Process of cutting; Process of making an incision
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Tracheostomy
Procedure that begins with an incision into the trachea (tracheotomy) to create an airway.
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Antibiotic
Is drug used to treat infections caused it by Bacteria
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-tic
Pertaining to
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anti-
Against
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bi/o-
Life; living organism; living tissue
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Antitussive
Type of drug that suppresses the cough center in the brain. Or drug used to stop coughing. Antitussives are used for chronic dry coughs
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tuss/o
Cough
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-ive
Pertaining to
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Antivira
Type of drug used to Treat viral infections such as the flu
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-al
Part obtaining too
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-al
Pertaining to
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vir/o
Virus
