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bronchoscopy
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| the examination of the interior of the bronchi using a lighted, flexible tube known as a bronchoscope (or endoscope) |
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| The use of high-energy electromagnetic waves passing through the body onto a photographic film to produce a picture of the internal structure of the body for diagnosis and therapy. |
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laryngoscopy
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| The examination of the interior of the larynx using a lighted, flexible tube known as a laryngoscope (or endoscope). |
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| the visual imaging of the distribution of ventilation or blood flow in the lungs by scanning the lungs after the patient has been injected with or has inhaled radioactive material. |
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| physicians us this variety of tests to assess respiratory function. |
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| a specimen of material expectorated from the mouth. If produced after a cough, it may contain (in addition to saliva) material from the throat and bronchi. |
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| involves the used of a needle to collect pleural fluid for the laboratory analysis or to remove excess pleural fluid or air from the pleural space. |
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| surgical removal of the palatine tonsils. |
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| is used to determine past or present tuberculosis infection present in the body. This is based on a positive skin reaction to the introduction of a purified protein derivative of the tubercle bacilli, called tuberculin, into the skin. |
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