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mod3530 wk1
mod3530 week 1 terminology
Question | Answer |
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ANTHRACOSIS | BLACK LUNG DISEASE, CONDITION OF COAL DUST IN THE LUNGS |
APNEA | WITHOUT BREATHING |
ATELESTASIS | INCOMPLETE STRETCHING AND OR LUNGS FAILED TO EXPAND COMPLETELY |
ANOXIA | THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN FROM THE BODY'S GASES,BLOOD,OR TISSUES |
ASPHYXIA | THE CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BODY CANNOT GET THE AIR IT NEEDS TO FUNCTION |
BRONCHOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE BRONCHI |
CYANOSIS | IS A BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A LACK OF ADEQUATE OXYGEN |
DYSPHONIA | ANY VOICE IMPAIRMENT |
EPIGLOTTIS | CLOSES OF THE TREACHEA,THROAT, WHEN SWALLOWING |
HEMOPTYSIS | SPITTING UP BLOOD |
HYPOXIA | SUBNORMAL OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE BODY TISSUES AND CELLS |
LARYNGOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE LARYNX |
LARYNGOSCOPY | THE VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE LARYNX USING A LARYNGOSCOPE |
LARYNGOSPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION OF THE LARYNX |
PLEURALGIA | PAIN IN THE PLEURA |
NASOPHARYNX | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE AND THROAT |
PLEURECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE PLEURA |
PULMONOLOGIST | SPECIALIST OF THE LUNGS |
RHINOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE |
SINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUSES |
TACHYPNEA | AN ABNORMALLY RAPID RATE OF RESPIRATION |
THORACENTESIS | PUNCTURE OF THE CHEST WALL WITH A NEEDLE FOR REMOVAL OF FLUID |
TRACHEOSTENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING OF THE TRACHEA |
TRACHEORRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING OF THE TRACHEA |
OTOLARYNGOLOGIST | A PHYSICIAN WITH SPECIALIZED TRAININGIN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND DISORDERS OF THE EARS, NOSE AND THROAT AND RELATED STRUCTURES OF THE HEAD AND NECK |