| respiratory therapy |
treatment to preserve or improve pulmonary function.
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| respiratory system |
The organs that carry out the process of respiration.
Ãâó: www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk2/glossary.htm
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| respiratory distress syndrome |
a condition that can occur when baby is delivered before its lungs are fully mature or before surfactant is formed in sufficient quantities. A fairly common condition for preemies or c-section babies (who may not have gotten the full beneficial effects of labor contractions and their hormones which help prepare the lungs for birth). ...
Ãâó: www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/gd/gdglossary.htm
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| respiratory system |
A system of organs subserving the function of respiration and in air-breathing vertebrates consisting typically of the lungs and their nervous and circulatory supply and the channels by which these are continuous with the outer air.
Ãâó: www.himalayasaltcrystal.com/glossary.htm
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| respiratory arrest |
Cessation of breathing.
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