respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
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Lobar pneumonia
pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
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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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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumonia, affecting, lobes, lung, commonly.a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of…
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