Signs & Symptoms
Bradypnea
The term referring to the absence of respiratory ventilation, or suffocation.
Asphyxia
Surgical removal of an adenoid.
Adenoidectomy
ABGs
arterial blood gases
Ox/i
oxygen
Medical term for a nosebleed, also known as rhinorrhagia.
Epistaxis
A condition characterized by widespread narrowing of the bronchioles and formation of mucous plugs.
Asthma
Therapeutic drug that inhibits the effects of histamines.
Antihistamine
ENT
ear, nose, and throat
lob/o
a rounded part, lobe
The term referring to the pooling of blood within the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs.
Hemothorax
The medical term for referring to the inflammation of the bronchioles.
Bronchiolitis
A device that is commonly used to regulate breathing during sleep as a treatment for sleep apnea.
CPAP (Continuous positive airway pressure)
PPD
purified protein derivative
Sept/o
putrefying; wall, partition
Tachypnea
Viral infectious disease common among infants and young children that produces a characteristic hoarse cough that sounds like the bark of a dog due to swelling of the larynx
Croup
A drug that breaks up mucus and promotes the coughing reflex to expel the mucus.
Expectorant
PFTs
Pulmonary function test
Phragm/o
Partition
The term referring to abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood.
Hypoxemia
Also known as whooping cough.
Pertussis
Device that converts a liquid medication into a mist and delivers it to the lungs through deep inhalation.
Nebulizer
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Glott/o
opening into the windpipe