Pulmonology Vocabulary

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Apnea

Asphyxia

Bradypnea

Carbaminohemoglobin

Carboxyhemoglobin

Carina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Cor Pulmonale

Crepitus

Cyanosis

Deoxyhemoglobin

Diaphoresis

Diffusion

Dyspnea

Flail Chest

Free Radicals

Hemoglobin

Hemoptysis

Hemothorax

Hyperoxia

Hypoxia

Nasal Flaring

Normoxia

Orthopnea

Oxidative Stress

Oxyhemoglobin

Pallor

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea (PND)

Perfusion

pH

Pleuritic

Pneumothorax

Polycythemia

Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)

Respiration

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Subcutaneous Emphysema

Surfactant

Tachycardia

Tachypnea

Tactile Fremitus

Tracheal Deviation

Tracheal Tugging

Ventilation