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SS resp words s1/s24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| coughing up blood | hemoptysis |
| referring to air/lungs | pneumatic |
| air in pleural space | pneumothorax |
| condition caused by inhalation of dust | pneumoconiosis |
| instrument used to view the voice box/vocal cords | laryngoscope |
| narrowing of the windpipe | tracheostenosis |
| incision into windpipe | tracheotomy |
| more or less permanent opening into windpipe | tracheostomy |
| puncture of chest to remove fluid from pleural space | thoracentesis |
| pleural pain | pleurodynia |
| pus in pleural space | pyothorax |
| bloody nose | epistaxis |
| inflammation of all sinuses | pansinusitis |
| profuse bleeding from nose | rhinorrhagia |
| abnormal dilation of bronchial tubes | bronchiectasis |
| small bronchus | bronchiole |
| involuntary contraction of smooth muscles in bronchial tubes | bronchospasm |
| removal of half the voice box | hemilaryngectomy |
| remove of one lobe of lung | lobectomy |
| blood in pleural space | hemothorax |
| removal of a lung | pneumonectomy |