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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 9 REVIEW
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10/10/2012

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MEDICAL TERM FOR INCISION IN THE CHEST WALL
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THORACOTOMY
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS WINDPIPE
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TRACHE/O
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MEDICAL TERM FOR CREATION OF AN OPENING IN THE TRACHEA
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TRACHEOSTOMY
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ABILITY TO BREATH ONLY WHEN UPRIGHT
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ORTHOPNEA
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CORRECT SPELLING FOR
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EMPHYSEMA
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RHINITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE
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INFLAMMATION OF THE VOICE BOX
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LARYNGITIS
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MED TERM FOR BLOOD CLOT THAT MOVES ALONG WITH THE BLOODSTREAM AND LODGES IN THE LUNG
Definition
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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DYSPNEA
Definition
DIFFICULTY BREATHING
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TRACHEOTOMY
Definition
INCISION INTO THE TRACHEA
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COMBING FORM RHIN/O
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NOSE
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MED TERM FOR FAST OR RAPID BREATHING
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TACHYPNEA
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MED TERM; ABNORMALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
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HYPERCAPNIA
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ANOXIA
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LOW LEVELS OF OXYGEN IN THE BODY
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HYPOXIA
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ABNORMALLY LOW OXYGEN
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A SKIN TEST USED TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION
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PPD
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DEFICIENT LEVELS OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
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HYPOXEMIA
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BRADYPENIA
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SLOW BREATHING
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A CONDITION OF THE LUNGS THAT CAUSES A WIDESPREAD NARROWING OF THE BRONCHIOLES
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ASTHMA
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SUFFIX FOR SPASM
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SUDDEN, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION
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 ABBREVIATION FOR CLINICAL TEST ON ARTERIAL BLOOD TO IDENTIFY THE LEVELS OF OXGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE
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ABG
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PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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BLOCKAGE IN THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION CAUSED BY A MOVING BLOOD CLOT
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CORRECT SPELLING FOR
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RHINORRHAGIA
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PREFIX THAT MEANS NORMAL OR GOOD
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EU
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CORRECT SPELLING
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ASTHMA
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MED TERM FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI
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BRONCHITIS
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A CONDTION THAT SYMTOMS  INCLUDE WHEEZING, COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, MUCUS PLUGS,
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ASTHMA
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INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS CAUSED BY CHRONIC INHALATION OF FINE PARTICLES, WHICH LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF A FIBROTIC TISSUE AROUND THE ALVEOLI AND REDUCES THEIR ABILITY TO STRETCH WITH INCOMING AIR
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PNEUMOCONIOSIS
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EMPHYSEMA
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CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE WHERE ALVEOLI LOSE THEIR ELASTICITY AND BURST
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MED TERM FOR HEMOPTYSIS
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COUGHING UP AND SPITTING OUT BLOOD
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ASPHYXIA
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MED TERM FOR SUFFICATION
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NEED TO KNOW THE LOWER AND UPPER RESP TRACT
Definition
GOOD LUCK
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