ELIH103 MT Chapter 3

bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by a lack of adequate oxygen

• anoxia

• cyanosis

• dyspnoea

• hemothorax

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

• aspiration

• discoloration

• intubation

• bronchodilation

an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity

• hemothorax

• anoxia

• emphysema

• anorexia

mucus found in an inflamed nose or throat

• larynx

• deglutition

• sputum

• apnoea

pertaining to the lung/s

• intubate

• pneumothorax

• sinus

• pulmonary

abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of breathing

• hypopnoea

• hyperpnoea

• dyspnoea

• anoxia

a lung condition of abnormal enlargement of the air spaces causing shortness of breath

• sinusitis

• emphysema

• pneumothorax

• pharyngectomy

removal of fluid from the chest by puncturing

• sputum

• spriometry

• abdominocentesis

• thoracentesis

surgical repair of the nose

• labioplasty

• rhinoplasty

• otoplasty

• sinuplasty

an excessive accumulation of fluid in connective tissues or in a serous cavity

• intubate

• pharyngectomy

• pleural effusion

• edema