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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

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Humming whistling or snoring sounds during inspiration or
Expiration

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Strider

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High pitched, harsh, crowing sign

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Wheezes

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High pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during inspiration or expiration

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Atelectasis

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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-

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Incomplete

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-ectasis

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Condition of dilation

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema

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chono/o

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Time

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-ive

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Pertaining to

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obstract/o

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Is blocked by a barrier

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Emphysema

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Condition in the law of being extended and inflated

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em-

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In

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-ema

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Condition

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phys/o

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Distend; grown; inflate

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Cystic fibrosis

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Is a Progressive, Genetic disease that causes persistent long infections and limits the ability to breathe over time

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fibr/o

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Fiber

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-Osis

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Condition; process

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Cyst/o

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Bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cystfibrosis

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Empyema

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Conditional pus and the lungs

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py/o

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Pus

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em-

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In

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-ema

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Condition

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Purulent

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Containing, Consistent of, Or being pus

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-ent

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Pertaining to

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Influenza

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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

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Tumor up the lungs that is more common and smokers. Too much can be millennint or benig

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Malignant

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Ten into infiterate, metastasized, and terminate fatally

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malign/o

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Cancer; Is intentionally causing horm

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-ant

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Pertaining to

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Carcinoma

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I’m electronic tumor of epithelial origin

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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-oma

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Mass; tumor

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Pheumoconiosis

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And general word for any Is occupational loan disease caused by chronically inhaling some type of dust or particle

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Pneumonia

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Is infection of some or all of the lobes of the

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Aspiration pneumonia

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Cause by foreign matter chemical vomit and etc. that is inhaled into the lungs

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Bacteria pneumonia

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Cause by bacteria

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Bronchopneumonia

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Effects the bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli in the lung

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Lobar pneumonia

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Affects part or all of just one lobe of the lung

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Viral pneumonia

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Caused by a virus

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Pulmonary edema

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Fluid (edema) collects in the alveoli

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Pulmonary embolism

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Blockage of a pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus

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Tuberculosis

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Law infection caused by the bacterium MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and spread by airborne droplets and coughing.

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Hemothorax

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Presence of blood in the thoracic cavity

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Hem/o-

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Blood

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-thorax

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Chest

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Pleural effusion

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Accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (between the two layers of pleura)

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-ion

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Action; condition

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Effus/o-

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Pouring out

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Pleurisy

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Inflammation or infection of the pleura

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pleur/o

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Lung membrane

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-isy

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Condition of infection; conditional inflammation

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Pneumothorax

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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-

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Air; lung

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Apnea

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Not breathing ( May be temporary as in pauses in breathing)

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-pnea

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Breathing

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a-

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Away from; without

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Bradypnea

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Abnormally slow breathing

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brady-

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Slow

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Expectoration

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Coughing up sputum from the lungs

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pector/o-

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Chest

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-ation

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Being; having; process

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing out blood

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-ptysis

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Condition of coughing up

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Dyspnea

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Difficult or labored respiration

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-pnea

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Breathing

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dys-

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Abnormal, difficult, painful

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Orthopnea

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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

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Straight

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Paroxysmal

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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

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Sudder, Sharp attack

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-al

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Is pertaining to

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Tachypnea

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Rapid breathing.

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tachy-

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Fast

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Oximetry

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A noninvasive and painless test that measures your oxygen saturation level, or the oxygen levels in your blood

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bronchoscopy

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Surgical Procedure that uses a lighted bronchoscope inserted through the mouth and larynx to examine the trachea and bronchi

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-scopy

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Process of using an instrument to examine

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Lobectomy

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Procedure to remove a lobe of a lung

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lob/o-

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Lobe of an organ

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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Pneumonectomy

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Surgical removal of entire lung

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Pneumon/o-

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Air; lung

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Thoracentesis

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Procedure to remove fluid from the pleural space of the lung

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-centesis

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Procedure to puncture

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Thoracotomy

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Incision into the thoracic cavity.

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-tomy

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Process of cutting; Process of making an incision

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Tracheostomy

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Procedure that begins with an incision into the trachea (tracheotomy) to create an airway.

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Antibiotic

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Is drug used to treat infections caused it by Bacteria

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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anti-

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Against

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bi/o-

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Life; living organism; living tissue

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Antitussive

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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

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Cough

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-ive

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Pertaining to

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Antivira

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Type of drug used to Treat viral infections such as the flu

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-al

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Part obtaining too

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-al

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Pertaining to

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vir/o

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Virus

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