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| a temporary cessation of breathing; "without breathing". |
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| abnormally slow breathing |
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| a forceful and sometimes violent expiratory effort preceded by a preliminary inspiration. The glottis is partially closed, the accessory muscles of expiration are brought into action, and the air is noisily expelled. |
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| slightly bluish, grayish, slatelike, or dark discoloration of the skin due to presence of abnormal amounts of reduced hemoglobin in the blood. |
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| Difficulty in speaking;hoarseness. |
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| air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain. |
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| hemorrhage from the nose;nosebleed. |
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| The act of spitting out saliva or coughing up materials from the air passageways leading to the lungs. |
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hemoptysis
hee-MOP-tih-sis |
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| is expectoration of blood arising from the oral cavity,larynx,trachea,bronchi, or lungs. |
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| increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood. |
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| Insufficient oxygenation of aertial blood. |
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| are a very deep, gasping type of respiration associated with severe diabetic acidosis. |
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| Respiratory condition in which there is a discomfort in breathing in any but erect, sitting, or standing position. |
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| Friction rub caused by inflammation of the pleural space. |
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| An abnormal sounds heard on auscultation of the chest, produced by passage of air through bronchi that contain secretion or exudate or that are constricted by spasm or a thickening of their walls, also known as crackle. |
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| is thin, watery discharge from the nose. |
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| Rales or rattlings in the throat, especially when it resembles snoring. |
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| To expel air forcibly through the nose and mouth by spasmodic contraction of muscles of expiration due to irritation of nasal mucosa. |
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| Harsh sound during respiration;high-pitched and resembling the blowing of wind, due to obstruction of air passages. |
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| Abnormal rapidity of breathing. |
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| A whistling sound or sighing sound resulting from narrowing of the lumen of a respiratory passageway. |
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