| anoxia | Absence or a deficiency of
oxygen within tissues.
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| asphyxia | Deficiency of oxygen and
excess carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
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| atelectasis | Collapse of a lung or
some portion of it.
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| bradypnea | Abnormally slow
breathing.
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| bronchitis | Inflammation of the
bronchial lining.
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| Cheyne-Stokes respiration | Irregular breathing pattern of a series of
shallow breaths that increase in depth and rate,
followed by breaths that decrease in depth and
rate.
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| dyspnea | Difficulty in breathing.
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| eupnea | Normal breathing.
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| hemothorax | Blood in the pleural
cavity.
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| hypercapnia | Excess carbon
dioxide in the blood.
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| hyperoxia | Excess oxygenation of
the blood.
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| hyperpnea | Increase in the depth
and rate of breathing.
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| hyperventilation | Prolonged,
rapid, and deep breathing.
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| hypoxemia | Deficiency in the
oxygenation of the blood.
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| hypoxia | Diminished availability of
oxygen in the tissues.
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| lobar pneumonia | Pneumonia
that affects an entire lobe of a lung.
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| pleurisy | Inflammation of the pleural
membranes.
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| pneumoconiosis | Accumulation
of particles from the environment in the lungs and
the reaction of the tissues.
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| pneumothorax | Entrance of air into
the space between the pleural membranes, followed
by collapse of the lung.
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| rhinitis | Inflammation of the nasal cavity
lining.
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| sinusitis | Inflammation of the sinus
cavity lining.
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| tachypnea | Rapid, shallow breathing.
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| tracheotomy | Incision in the trachea
for exploration or the removal of a foreign object.
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