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respiratory_diseases
respiratory diseases - matching
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |