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| Absence or almost complete absence of oxygen from inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissues. |
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1. A natural communication, direct or indirect, between two blood vessels or other tubular structures.
2. An operative union of two structures (vessels, ureters, nerves).
3. An opening created by surgery, trauma, or disease between two or more normally separate spaces or organs. |
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| Decrease or loss of air in all or part of the lung, with resulting loss of lung volume itself |
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| Chronic dilation of bronchi or bronchioles as a sequel of inflammatory disease or obstruction often associated with heavy sputum production. |
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| Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchi. |
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1. Causing an increase in caliber of a bronchus or bronchial tube.
2. An agent that possesses this power (epinephrine, albuterol). |
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| The musculomembranous partition between the abdominal and thoracic cavities. |
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| Shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or lungs; occurs normally during intense physical exertion or at high altitude. |
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| A leaf-shaped plate of elastic fibrocartilage, covered with mucous membrane, at the root of the tongue, which serves as a diverter valve over the superior aperture of the larynx during the act of swallowing; it stands erect when liquids are being swallowed but is passively bent over the aperture by solid foods being swallowed. |
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| Accumulation of air and blood in the pleural cavity |
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| Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than is normal at rest. |
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| Decrease below normal levels of oxygen in inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissue, without reaching anoxia. |
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| Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. |
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| Inspection of the larynx by means of the laryngoscope. |
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| Excision of a lobe of any organ or gland. |
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| relating to or being intubation of the trachea by way of the mouth |
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| inflammation of the pharynx |
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| accumulation of blood and gas in the pleural cavity |
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| a disease characterized by inflammation of the lungs |
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| a condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung |
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| inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose marked especially by rhinorrhea, nasal congestion and itching, and sneezing; also : any of various conditions characterized by rhinitis |
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| plastic surgery on the nose, usually for cosmetic purposes |
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| excessive mucous secretion by the nose |
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| increased rate of respiration |
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