What is Unaspirated?
: not aspirated especially : not pronounced with the sound of a breath or the letter “h” an unaspirated syllable.
What is another term for pneumonia?
Pneumonia | |
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Other names | Pneumonitis |
Chest X-ray of a pneumonia caused by influenza and Haemophilus influenzae, with patchy consolidations, mainly in the right upper lobe (arrow) | |
Pronunciation | /njuːˈmoʊniə/ new-MOHN-ee-ə |
Specialty | Pulmonology, Infectious disease |
What is another name for bronchopneumonia?
Bronchopneumonia | |
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Other names | Bronchial pneumonia, bronchogenic pneumonia |
Typical distribution of lobar pneumonia (left in image) and bronchopneumonia (right in image) | |
Specialty | Pulmonology, Infectious disease |
What word can I use instead of typical?
common,
What is the difference between aspirated and Unaspirated?
In most varieties of English, aspiration happens in these predictable environments. Voiceless stops are aspirated at the beginning of a word, and at the beginning of a stressed syllable. And even if a syllable is stressed, a voiceless stop is unaspirated if it follows [s]. In English, voiced stops are never aspirated.
What is the medical term for pleurisy?
Pleurisy (PLOOR-ih-see) is a condition in which the pleura — two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall — becomes inflamed. Also called pleuritis, pleurisy causes sharp chest pain (pleuritic pain) that worsens during breathing.
What is a collapse of part of a lung called?
A pneumothorax (noo-moe-THOR-aks) is a collapsed lung. A pneumothorax occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall. This air pushes on the outside of your lung and makes it collapse. A pneumothorax can be a complete lung collapse or a collapse of only a portion of the lung.
What is the meaning of alveoli?
(al-VEE-oh-ly) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles (tiny branches of air tubes in the lungs). The alveoli are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.
What type of word is typical?
characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class. pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.