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







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