respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
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Altitude sickness
effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
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respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.either of the two main branches of the trachea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.either of the two main branches of the trachea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest)…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pulmonology.the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity
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An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxyge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxyge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effects, nosebleed, nausea, oxygen, deficiency.
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