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| Temperature, Pulse, Respiration |
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| Abnormal slowness of respiration |
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| Relating to or suffering from excessively rapid action of the heart |
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| Relating to or characterized by bradycardia |
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| Contraction of the heart, especially of the ventricles, by which the blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery to traverse the systemic and pulmonary circulations, respectively; its occurrence is indicated physically by the first sound of the heart heard on auscultation, by the palpable apex beat, and by the arterial pulse |
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| Absence of contractions of the heart |
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| Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than is normal at rest |
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| a pulse that feels full and springlike on palpation as a result of an increased thrust of cardiac contraction or an increased volume of circulating blood within the elastic structures of the vascular system |
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| a small fine pulse, feeling like a small cord or thread under the finger |
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| Increased alveolar ventilation relative to metabolic carbon dioxide production, so that alveolar carbon dioxide pressure decreases to below normal |
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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 complex physiologic response to disease mediated by pyrogenic cytokines and characterized by a rise in core temperature, generation of acute phase reactants, and activation of immune systems |
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| Denoting or relating to fever |
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| Without fever, denoting apyrexia; having a normal body temperature |
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| A severe, often constricting pain or sensation of pressure, usually referring to angina pectoris |
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| breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages |
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| an abnormal rattling sound heard when examining unhealthy lungs with a stethoscope |
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| rattling, continuous and low-pitched breath sounds that are often hear to be like snoring |
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| Discomfort in breathing that is brought on or aggravated by lying flat |
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