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1
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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sacs

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atel/o

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incomplete

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bronchiol/o

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bronchioles, little bronchi

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bronch/i, bronch/o

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bronchus

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cyan/o

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blue

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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lob/o

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lobe

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muc/o

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mucus

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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olfact/o

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smell

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or/o

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mouth

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ox/o, ox/i, ox/y

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oxygen

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pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o

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chest

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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phren/o

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diaphragm

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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pleur/a, pleur/o

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pleura, pleural cavity
a fluid filled space that surrounds the lungs.

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pneumon/o, pulmon/o,
pneumat/o, pneum/o

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lungs, air, respiration

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sept/o

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partition

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sinus/o

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sinus

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spir/o

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breathing

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thorac/o

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pleural cavity, chest

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea, windpip

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eu-

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well, good

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pneu-

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lungs, air

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-capnia

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carbon dioxde

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-ectasis

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stretch, dilate, enlargement

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-graphy

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process of recording, producing images

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-meter

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measure

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-phonia

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voice

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-thorax

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pleural cavity, chest

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Aspiration

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The process of taking substances in or out by means of suction

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Asthma

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A disease of the bronchi characterized by wheezing, dyspnea and a feeling of constriction in the chest

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Croup

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A respiratory disease characterized by a “barking” cough, dyspnea, hoarseness and laryngeal spasm

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Epistaxis

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Nosebleed

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Heimlich maneuver

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A technique for removing a foreign body (usually a bolus of food) that is blocking the trachea

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Nares

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The nostrils

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Pertussis

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Whooping cough

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Pneumonia

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Inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, viruses or chemical irritants

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Rale/Crackle

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An abnormal sound heard on auscultation of the chest, a crackling, rattling or bubbling sound

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Sputum

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Spit

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Rhonchus

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An abnormal sound heard on auscultation of an airway obstruction by thick secretions; a continuous, rumbling spun

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Wheeze

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A form of rhonchi, characterized by a high-pitched, or low-pitched musical quality

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CF

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Cystic fibrosis

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CO2

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Carbon dioxide

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COLD

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Chronic obstructive lung disease

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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O2

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Oxygen

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SIDS

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Sudden infant death syndrome

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SOB

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Shortness of breath

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T and A

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Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

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TB

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Tuberculosis

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