| CPE | cardiac pulmonary edema; chronic pulmonary emphysema; clinical progress exercise; compensation, pens... |
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| IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; infection-potentiating factor; interstitial pulmonary fibrosis |
| IPH | idiopathic portal hypertension; idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis; idiopathic pulmonary hypertensio... |
| PACP | pulmonary alveolar-capillary permeability; pulmonary artery counterpulsation |
| PAGOD | pulmonary hypoplasia-hypoplasia of pulmonary artery-agonadism-omphalocele/diaphragmatic defect-dextr... |
| pulmonary alveolus | One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries. Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pulmonary amoebiasis | Infection of the lung by amoebae; usually indicates extension of Entamoeba histolytica infection from abscess of liver, penetrating through the diaphragm into the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary angiogram | <investigation, radiology> A diagnostic procedure which involves the injection of a radiopaque substance into the pulmonary artery to highlight its course on X-ray. Pulmonary embolism can be accurately diagnosed using this procedure. (15 Dec 1997) |
| pulmonary anthrax | A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease, wool-sorter's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary arc | An obsolete term for pulmonary salient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary area | The region of the chest at the second left intercostal space, where sounds produced at the pulmonary valve of the right ventricle are heard most distinctly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary arteries | <anatomy> The pulmonary arteries deliver deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. They are the only arteries in the human body that carry deoxygenated blood. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pulmonary artery | <anatomy, artery> The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary artery aneurysm | Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery; rare in the absence of congenital heart disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary artery banding | A surgical method of decreasing pulmonary blood flow and thereby volume overload of the left ventricle, alleviating CHF in certain congenital heart defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary artery sarcoma | <radiology> Rare, age: 21 - 80 (most common: 45 - 55), usual presentation: hilar mass or hilar infiltrative lesion, other findings: decreased vascular markings, atelectasis / volume loss, metastatic nodules, decreased or absent perfusion on V/Q, intravascular soft-tissue mass on CT (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary atresia | Congenital absence of the normal valvular orifice into the pulmonary artery. This condition is characterised by cardiomegaly, reduced pulmonary vascularity, and right ventricular atrophy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary blastoma | A malignant neoplasm of the lung composed chiefly or entirely of immature undifferentiated cells (i.e., blast forms) with little or virtually no stroma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary branch of autonomic nervous system | Pulmonary branches of cardiac plexuses and cardiaopulmonary splanchnic nerves. Synonym: rami pulmonales systematis autonomici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary bulla | An air-filled blister on the surface of the lung, a similar abnormality within the lung presenting as a thin-walled cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |