Respiratory Flashcards
Anosmia
Lack of sense of smell
Anoxia
Condition of receiving almost no oxygen from inhaled air
Aphonia
Condition of being unable to produce sounds
Bronchiectasis
Dilated bronchus
Clubbing
Abnormal widening and thickening of the ends of the fingers and toes associated with chronic oxygen deficiency
Eupnea
Normal breathing and respiratory rate
Hypercapnia
Excessive co2 in the body
Hypocapnia
Insufficient level of co2 in the body
Laryngoplegia
Paralysis of the muscles controlling the larynx
Patent
Open or unblocked
Pleurodynia
Pleural pain
Pyothorax
Presence of pus in the chest cavity
Pertussis
Whooping cough
Rhinomycosis
Fungal infection of the nasal cavity
Bronchiectasis
Abnormal enlargement of bronchi