respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
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Hypoxic hypoxia
hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs
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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 abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.any of the group of common autoantibodies present in blood.; "The presence an antiphospholipid antibody in blood, such as the lupus an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.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: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.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: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.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: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from stickin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hypoxia, resulting, defective, oxygenation, blood.The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls…
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