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respiratory_diseases
respiratory diseases - matching
Question | Answer |
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anosmia | loss of sense of smell |
epistaxis | hemorrhage from the nose |
atelectasis | airless or collapsed state of pulmonary tissue |
legionellosis | infection by a bacterium, has 2 spores (pontiac fever & legionnaires) |
histoplasmosis | fungal disease by inhaling fungus |
COPD | several diseases such as asthma, emphysema, cystic fibrosis |
bronchiectasis | permanent, irreversible dilation or distortion of one or more of the bronchi |
pulmonary emphysema | destruction or disease of the alveolar walls interferring with exchange of gases |
pneumoconiosis | dust in the lungs |
pleurisy | inflammation of membranes surrounding the lungs |
pneumothorax | collection of air or gas in pleural cavity |
hemothorax | blood in the pleural cavity |
flail chest | instability in chest wall caused by rib fractures |