Respiratory System Terminology

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Term for a physician specializing in respiratory system diseases

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Pulmonologist

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Term for difficult or labored breathing

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Dyspnea

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Term for absence of oxygen from the body's tissues

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Anoxia

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Infectious disease known as whooping cough

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Pertussis

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Term for sudden closure of the larynx

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Laryngospasm

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Term for any voice impairment, including hoarseness

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Dysphonia

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Term for inflammation of the pharynx

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Pharyngitis

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Term for contraction of smooth muscles in bronchial walls

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Bronchospasm

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Region of the chest containing heart and major vessels

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Mediastinum

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Accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity

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Empyema