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Undergraduate 4
03/21/2007

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Term
AUSCULTATION
Definition
LISTENING TO SOUNDS IN THE BODY
Term
PERCUSSION
Definition
TAPPING ON A SURFACE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DENSITY OF THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE
Term
PLEURAL RIB
Definition
SCRATCHY SOUND PRODUCED BY THE MOTION OF INFLAMMED OR IRRITATED PLEURAL SURFACES RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER; ALSO CALLED FRICTION RUB.
Term
RALES (CRACKLES)
Definition
ABNORMAL CRACKLING SOUNDS HEARD DURING INSPIRATION WHEN THERE IS FLUID, BLOOD, OR PUS IN THE ALVEOLI.
Term
STRIDOR
Definition
STRAINED, HIGH-PITCHED, NOISY SOUND MADE OF INSPIRATION; ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX OR TRACHEA.
Term
CROUP
Definition
ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN; CHARACTERIZED BY OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX, BARKING COUGH, AND STRIDOR.
Term
DIPTHERIA
Definition
ACUTE INFECTION OF THE THROAT AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT CAUSED BY THE DIPTHERIA BACTERIUM (CORYNEBACTERIUM)
Term
EPISTAXIS
Definition
NOSE BLEED
Term
PERTUSSIS
Definition
BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE PHARYNX, LARNYX, AND TRACHEA CAUSED BY BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS, A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIUM. ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH.
Term
ASTHMA
Definition
CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY EDEMA, BRONCHOCONSTRICTION, AND INCREASED MUCUS PRODUCTION.
Term
BRONCHIECTASIS
Definition
CHRONIC DILATION OF A BRONCHUS SECONDARY TO INFECTION IN THE LOWER LOBES OF THE LUNG.
Term
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Definition
INHERITED DISORDER OF EXOCRINE GLANDS RESULTING IN THICK, MUCOUS SECRETIONS THAT DO NOT DRAIN NORMALLY.
Term
ATELECTASIS
Definition
INCOMPLETE EXPANSION OF ALVEOLI; COLLAPSED, FUNCTIONLESS, AIRLESS LUNG OR PORTION OF A LUNG. CAUSED BY TUMOR OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION OF THE BRONCHUS, OR POOR RESPIRATORY EFFORT.
Term
EMPHYSEMA
Definition
HYPERINFLATION OF AIR SACS WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS
Term
PNEUMONCONIOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL CONDITION CAUSED BY DUST IN THE LUNGS, WITH CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, INFECTION, AND BRONCHITIS.
Term
PNEUMONIA
Definition
ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION OF ALVEOLI, WHICH FILL WITH PUS OR PRODUCTS OF THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION.
Term
PULMONARY ABSCESS
Definition
A LARGE COLLECTION OF PUS (BACTERIAL INFECTION) IN THE LUNGS.
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