| pulmonary alveoli |
The pulmonary alveoli are minute air-filled sacs in the vertebrate lung, thin walled and surrounded by blood vessels.
Ãâó: www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall.htm
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| pulmonary embolism |
an obstruction in lung from a clot that has travelled through the body; impairs breathing ability and can be lethal; abbreviated as PE
Ãâó: www.beautysurg.com/resources/glossary_p.html
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| pulmonary embolism |
a complication of DVT in which a blood clot breaks away from a thrombus (an embolus), travel through the circulatory system, and becomes caught in a blood vessel of a lung
Ãâó: www.providence.org/Everett/Programs_and_Services/V...
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| pulmonology |
the medical specialty of respiration
Ãâó: medical.lpaonline.org/glossary/
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| pulmonary hypertension |
Increased blood pressure to the lungs that makes it difficult for the lungs and heart to provide enough oxygen to the body.
Ãâó: www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/edu/icnGlossary.html
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