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Respiratory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OR/O or STOMAT/O | ORAL CAVITY (MOUTH) |
| HERPETIC STOMATITIS | INFLAMATION OF ORAL CAVITY CAUSED BY HERPES.-COLD SORES-FEVER BLISTERS- |
| RHINOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE |
| PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX or THROAT |
| TRACHE/O | TRACHEA or WINDPIPE |
| LARYNG/O | LARYNX or VOCAL CORDS |
| ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS (lymph tissue) |
| ADENOIDECTOMY | SURG. REMOVAL OF ADENOIDS DONE USING AN adenoidotome |
| EPIGLOTT/O | EPIGLOTTIS(LID OVER THE LARYNX)*OPENS TO BREATHE AND CLOSES TO SWALLOW* |
| BRONCH/O or BRONCH/I | BRONCHI (TWO MAIN AIRWAY BRANCHES OFF TRACHEA) |
| BRONCHIOL/O | BRONCHIOLES (SMALL BRONCHI) |
| ALVEOL/O | ALVEOLI (MICROSCOPIC AIR SACS AT THE END OF SMALL BRONCHI) *USED FOR RESPIRATION* |
| RESPIRATION | EXCHANGE OF GASSES |
| PLEUR/O | PLEURA(E) MEMBRANE SURROUNDING EACH LUNGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE RIBS. *PLEURITIS or PLEURISY |
| PNEUM/O-PNEUMON/O-PNEUMAT/O-PULMON/O | LUNG or AIR |
| SINUS/O | SINUS (CAVITY) |
| MUC/O | MUCUS-THICK VISCOUS LIQUID MUCOUS MEMBRANES- TISSUE THAT SECREATS MUCUS. |
| ORTH/O | STRAIGHT |
| ORTHOPNEA(ORTHOPNIC) | STRAIGHT BREATHING*PERSON MUST SIT UP IN ORDER TO BREATH EASIER* HAS=PNEA IS=PNIC |
| OX/0 or OX/I | OXYGEN |
| HYPOXIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIANT OXYGEN |
| PY/O | PUS |
| SPIR/O | BREATHE |
| -ECTASIS | DILATION |
| BRONCHI ECTASIS | DILATION OF A BRONCHUS |
| RADI/O | X-RAYS |
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
| HEMOPTYSIS | EXPECTORATING(COUGHING UP) BLOOD |
| HEMATEMESIS | VOMITING BLOOD |
| ARDS | ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
| CROUP | BARK LIKE A COUGH (SEAL) |
| CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
| PERTUSIS | WHOOPING COUGH |
| DPT | DIPTHERIA, PERTUSSIS, TETANUS |
| PLEURAL EFFUSION | FLUID IN LUNG |
| PULMONARY EDEMA | FLUID IN A LUNG |
| EDEMA | SWELLING |
| PCP | OCCURS IN PEOPLE WITH AIDS |
| PE | PULMONARY EMBOLISM (FLOATING CLOT) |
| TB | TUBERCULOSIS |
| PPD | INTRADERMAL TEST FOR TB |
| URI | UPPER RESP. INFECTION |
| LOBES | SECTIONS |
| PFT | PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS |
| CT | COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY |
| TOMOGRAPHY | XRAY PICTURE SLICES |
| SARS | SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROM |
| ATELECTASIS | COLLAPSED LUNG |
| VPS | VENTILATION PERFUSION SCANNING |
| ABG | ARTERIOLE BLOOD GASSES |
| LTB | LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS-INFLAMATION OF LARY. TRAC. AND BRONC. |
| FLU | INFLUENZA |
| VENTILATOR | DEVICE THAT PUSHES AIR IN AND OUT OF LUNGS |
| MUCOPURULENT | MUCUS AND PUS |
| PURULENT | PUS |
| NEBULIZER | DEVICE THAT DELIVERS VAPORIZED MEDICINES-SAME AS VAPORIZER |
| HYPOVENTILATION | DEFICIENT DEPTH OF BREATH(SHALLOW) |
| CXR | CHEST X RAY |
| HYPERVENTILATION | EXCESSIVE BREATHING-TACHYPNEA-HYPERPNEA |
| DIAPHRAGM | MAIN MUSCLE OF VENTILATION |
| HICCUP | SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM |
| ASPIRATE | DRAW IN OR OUT BY SUCTION |
| ASPHYXIA | SUFFOCATION-CAUSED BY ANOXIA |
| MUCOID | RESEMBLING MUCUS |
| EUPNEA | NORMAL BREATHING |
| INTUBATION | PROCESS OF INSERTING TUBE |
| ET | ENDOTRACHIAL TUBE-INST. USED TO INSERT IS A LARYNGOSCOPE |
| AMBU BAG | BAG USED TO VENTILATE AN APNIC PATIENT |
| SPUTUM/PHLEGM | MUCUS EXPELLED FROM LUNGS |
| COPIUS | LARGE AMOUNT |
| PNEMOTHORAX | AIR IN THE CHEST |
| SX | SUCTION |
| HX | HISTORY |
| NPPV | NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESS. VENTILATION-BREATHING TREATMENT |
| EXPECTORATE | EXPELL SPUTUM FROM LUNGS |
| ANOXIA | NO OXYGEN |
| ENDOSCOPY | USUALLY LIGHTED INS. TO VIEW WITHIN |
| OXIMETRY | PROCESS OF MEASURING OXYGEN |
| APHONIA | CONDITION OF NO SOUND |
| DIAPHRAGMATIC | PERTAIN TO DIAPHRAGM |
| TX | TREATMENT |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) | AIRWAY OBSTRUCTED CAUSING APNEA WHILE SLEEPING |
| PNEUMOCONIOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF A LUNG CAUSED BY DUST |
| CONI/O | DUST |
| RHINOMYCOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NOSE CAUSED BY FUNGUS |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| APEX | SUPERIOR or TOP |
| CHEYNE STOKES RESPIRATION | ALTERNATING BETWEEN APNEA AND TACHYPNEA |
| HEART LUNG MACHINE | RESPIRATES BLOOD WHEN HEART IS STOPPED FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES |
| TPR and BP | TEMP, PULSE, RESPIRATION, BLOOD PRESSURE |
| PULMONARY TOILET | 1. USED TO CLEAR LUNGS OF SPUTUM -TC AND DB TURN, COUGH AND DEEP BREATHE -PERCUSSION AND VIBRATION, CLAP AND SHAKE -POSTURAL DRAINAGE, LYING PRONE WITH HEAD LOWER THAN FEET. |
| PERCUSSION | TAPPING ON BODY FOR DIAGNOSTIC SOUND |
| RALES | CRACKLING SOUND IN LUNGS HEARD DURING ASCULTATION |
| RONCHI | WHEEZING |
| STRIDOR | HIGH PITCHED SOUND INDICATES THAT AIRWAY IS OBSTRUCTED |
| PRODUCTIVE NONPRODUCTICE | SPUTUM PRODUCED SPUTUM NOT PRODUCED |
| ANTITUSSIVE | COUGH SUPPRESSANT |
| C AND S | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY. TEST TO GROW BACTERIA AND DETERMINE BEST ANTIBIOTIC |
| CX | CULTURE |
| RT/IT | RESP. THERAPY. INHAL. THER. |
| DYSPHONIA | CONDIT. OF DIFFICULTY MAKING SOUNDS |
| DOE | DYSPNEA ON EXERTION |
| HYPOXEMIA | BLOOD CONDIT. OF DEFICIANT O2 |
| IS. INCENTICE SPIROMETRY | TEST TO MEASURE ABILITY TO SELF VENTILATE |
| EPISTAXIS | NOSE BLEED |
| NASAL CANNULA | METHOD OF DELIVERING O2 VIA NASAL PRONG |
| FISTULA | ABNORMAL PASSAGEWAY |
| DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING | MRI, CAT, RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MED. ULTRA SOUND |
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