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Respiratory System
Medical terms Chapter 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABGs | arterial blood gases |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| PND | paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
| O2 | oxygen |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| STAT | immediately |
| SARS | sudden acute respiratory syndrome |
| ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) | hypoxemia and respiratory failure due to severe inflammatory damage to the lungs, occurs after severe infection or trauma |
| Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | viral respiratory illness marked by head and body aches, fever and cough, may lead to pneumonia |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | group of diseases in which alveolar air sacs are destroyed and chronic, severe SOB, a major cause is smoking |
| asthma | disease marked by narrowing and inflammation of the airways, resulting in wheezing and cough |
| epistaxis | a nosebleed |
| croup | an acute viral disease, usually in children, marking by a barking, "seal like" cough and respiratory distress |
| rhonchi | a coarse, gurgle sound heard in the lungs with a stethoscope, caused by secretions in the air passages |
| cystic fibrosis | fatal genetic disease that causes frequent respiratory infections, increases airway secretions, and COPD in children |
| stridor | a high pitched upper airway sound heard without a stethoscope, indicates airway obstruction, a medical emergency |
| crackles | abnormal crackly lung sound heard with a stethoscope, sounds like rice krispies |
| wheeze | a somewhat musical sound heard in the lungs caused by a partial airway obstruction |
| pleural effusion | collection of fluid in the pleural cavity |
| empyema | collection of infected fluid (pus) in the pleural cavity |
| hemothorax | collection of blood or bloody fluid in the pleural cavity |
| pneumothorax | collection of air in the pleural cavity |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| ortho/o | straight |
| carcin/o | cancer, carcinoma |
| muc/o | mucus |
| trache/o | trachea |
| pneum/o | air, lungs |
| pneumon/o | air, lungs |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| sinus/o | sinuses |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
| or/o | mouth-like opening, mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth-like opening, mouth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| are/o | air |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| ox/i ox/o | oxygen |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| nas/o rhin/o | nose |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
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