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| LISTENING TO SOUNDS IN THE BODY |
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| TAPPING ON A SURFACE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DENSITY OF THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE |
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| SCRATCHY SOUND PRODUCED BY THE MOTION OF INFLAMMED OR IRRITATED PLEURAL SURFACES RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER; ALSO CALLED FRICTION RUB. |
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| ABNORMAL CRACKLING SOUNDS HEARD DURING INSPIRATION WHEN THERE IS FLUID, BLOOD, OR PUS IN THE ALVEOLI. |
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| STRAINED, HIGH-PITCHED, NOISY SOUND MADE OF INSPIRATION; ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX OR TRACHEA. |
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| ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN; CHARACTERIZED BY OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX, BARKING COUGH, AND STRIDOR. |
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| ACUTE INFECTION OF THE THROAT AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT CAUSED BY THE DIPTHERIA BACTERIUM (CORYNEBACTERIUM) |
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| BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE PHARYNX, LARNYX, AND TRACHEA CAUSED BY BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS, A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIUM. ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH. |
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| CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY EDEMA, BRONCHOCONSTRICTION, AND INCREASED MUCUS PRODUCTION. |
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| CHRONIC DILATION OF A BRONCHUS SECONDARY TO INFECTION IN THE LOWER LOBES OF THE LUNG. |
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| INHERITED DISORDER OF EXOCRINE GLANDS RESULTING IN THICK, MUCOUS SECRETIONS THAT DO NOT DRAIN NORMALLY. |
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| INCOMPLETE EXPANSION OF ALVEOLI; COLLAPSED, FUNCTIONLESS, AIRLESS LUNG OR PORTION OF A LUNG. CAUSED BY TUMOR OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION OF THE BRONCHUS, OR POOR RESPIRATORY EFFORT. |
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| HYPERINFLATION OF AIR SACS WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS |
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| ABNORMAL CONDITION CAUSED BY DUST IN THE LUNGS, WITH CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, INFECTION, AND BRONCHITIS. |
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| ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION OF ALVEOLI, WHICH FILL WITH PUS OR PRODUCTS OF THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION. |
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| A LARGE COLLECTION OF PUS (BACTERIAL INFECTION) IN THE LUNGS. |
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