Respiratory Vocab

Question 1

Define Antipyretic

Answer 1

Antipyretics are substances that reduce fever.

Question 2

Define aspirated

Answer 2

A condition in which food, liquids, saliva, or vomit is breathed into the airways.

Question 3

Define Autosomal-Dominant

Answer 3

A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has one copy of a mutant gene and one normal gene on a pair of autosomal chromosomes

Question 4

Define Azotorrhea

Answer 4

is the excessive discharge of nitrogenous substances in the feces or urine.

Question 5

Define Bronchiectasis

Answer 5

a chronic condition where the walls of the bronchi are thickened from inflammation and infection

Question 6

Define subglottic

Answer 6

refers to the area of the airway that is narrowed (under the vocal cords, or ‘glottis’)

Question 7

Define Steatorrhea

Answer 7

the excretion of abnormal quantities of fat with the feces owing to reduced absorption of fat by the intestine.