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CFSLUNGEIS[n. -S] · a respiratory organ
—RALES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
—AORTAELS[n. -TAS or -TAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
—COUGHS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
BPLUNGEDERS[v. LUNGED, LUNGEING or LUNGING, LUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
—LUNGS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lung
—COUGHS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
—EXHALEDS[v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
—GARGLEDRS[v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs.
—INHALEDRS[v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
ABFPSLIGHTS—[a. LIGHTER°, LIGHTEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
BPLUNGED—[v. LUNGED, LUNGEING or LUNGING, LUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] simple past and past participle of lunge
—LUNGEES[n. -S] · lungi «a loincloth worn by men in India~» / ----- { lungee lungi lungyi § lungees lungis lungyis }
BPLUNGERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who lunges.
BPLUNGES—[v. LUNGED, LUNGEING or LUNGING, LUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lunge
—PLEURAELS[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
—RIPOSTES[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
—THORAX—[n. -RACES or -RAXES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
—TONGUEDS[v. TONGUED, TONGUING°, TONGUES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
—VOMICAE[n. -CAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ.
—ALLONGES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A thrust or pass; a lunge.
—BREATHEDRS[v. BREATHED, BREATHING°, BREATHES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
—COUGHED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
—COUGHERS[n. -S] · one that coughs «to expel air from the lungs noisily»
—INHALED—[v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
—INHALERS[n. -S] · one that inhales «to take into the lungs»
—INHALES—[v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
—LUNGEES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lungee
BPLUNGERS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lunger
—LUNGFULS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] As much as the lungs will hold.
BPLUNGING—[v. LUNGED, LUNGEING or LUNGING, LUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of lunge
—PLEURAE—[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
—PLEURAL—[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
—PLEURAS—[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
—TRACHEAELS[n. -CHEAE or -CHEAS] · the passage for conveying air to the lungs - TRACHEAL [a.]
—ADAMSITES[n. -S] · a lung-irritating gas
—AEROBICS—[n.] · exercises for conditioning the heart and lungs by increasing oxygen consumption
—ALVEOLARS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
—ALVEOLUS—[n. -LI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
—AQUALUNGS[n. -S] · an underwater breathing apparatus -- a trademark
—BRONCHIAL[n. -CHIA] · a main air passage of the lungs
—BRONCHUS—[n. -CHI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
—COUGHERS—[n. -S] · one that coughs «to expel air from the lungs noisily»
—COUGHING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
—INHALERS—[n. -S] · one that inhales «to take into the lungs»
—INHALING—[v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
—LUNGEING—[v. LUNGED, LUNGEING or LUNGING, LUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of lunge
—LUNGFISH—[n. -ES] · a type of fish
—LUNGFULS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] As much as the lungs will hold.
—LUNGLESS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Without lungs.
—LUNGWORMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
—LUNGWORTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 7] Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)
—PHTHISES—[n. PHTHISES] · a disease of the lungs / ----- { phthisic phthisis § phthises phthisics § phthisic }
—PHTHISICS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
—PHTHISIS—[n. PHTHISES] · a disease of the lungs / ----- { phthisic phthisis § phthises phthisics § phthisic }
—PLEURISY—[n. -SIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of lung pleura.
—PULMONIC—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] of, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs.
—TRACHEAE—[n. -CHEAE or -CHEAS] · the passage for conveying air to the lungs - TRACHEAL [a.]
—TRACHEAL—[n. -CHEAE or -CHEAS] · the passage for conveying air to the lungs - TRACHEAL [a.]
—TRACHEAS—[n. -CHEAE or -CHEAS] · the passage for conveying air to the lungs - TRACHEAL [a.]
—ADAMSITES—[n. -S] · a lung-irritating gas
—ALBUTEROLS[n. -S] · a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
—BRONCHIAL—[a.] · © belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs
—BRONCHIUM—[n. -CHIA] · a main air passage of the lungs
—CATALEPSY—[n. -SIES] · © alt. of Catalepsis~ «A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues»
—CERATODUS—[n. -ES] · © a genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi~, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian~ rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia~ they are called salmon and baramunda~
—CREPITATEDS[v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.
—DIAPHRAGMS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.
—DILATABLE—[a.] · © capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat
—ELUTRIATEDS[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing
—EMPHYSEMAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
—INFLUENZALS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
—LOBECTOMY—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
—PHTHISICS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
—PNEUMONIAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
—PNEUMONIC—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.
—PULMONARY—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
—PULMONATES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having lungs or similar organs.
—SIDEROTIC—[a.] · Derivative of siderosis «a lung disease caused by breathing in fine particles of iron or other metallic dust»
—SILICOSES—[n. -COSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
—SILICOSIS—[n. -COSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
—VESICULAR—[a.] · © of or pertaining to vesicles; esp~., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs
—ALBUTEROLS—[n. -S] · a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
—ASBESTOSIS—[n. -TOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.
—BAROTRAUMAS[n. -S] · an injury caused by changes in atmospheric pressure, esp~ to the eardrums or lungs
—BRONCHITIS—[n. -TISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
—BYSSINOSES—[n. -NOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
—BYSSINOSIS—[n. -NOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
—CEPHALEXINS[n. -S] · (pharmacology) a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
—DISTENTIONS[n. -S] · © the act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs / ----- { distension distention § distensions distentions }
—ELUTRIATED—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing
—ELUTRIATES—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing
—ENDOSCOPIC—[a.] · Derivative of endoscope «a long slender medical instrument used for examining the interior of hollow organs including the lung, stomach, bladder, and bowel»
—EXPIRATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
—EXPIRATORY—[a.] · © pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles
—HEMOGLOBINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).
—HEMOPTYSES—[n. -TYSES] · © the expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs / ----- { haemoptysis hemoptysis § haemoptyses hemoptyses }
—HEMOPTYSIS—[n. -TYSES] · © the expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs / ----- { haemoptysis hemoptysis § haemoptyses hemoptyses }
—PNEUMONIAS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
—PURTENANCES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
—SPIROMETERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
—SPIROMETRY—[n. -TRIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
—STENTORIAN—[a.] · © of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs
—ABDOMINALLY—[b.] · Derivative of abdomen «the region of the body of a vertebrate that contains the viscera other than the heart and lungs. In mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm»
—ARTERIALIZEDS[v.] To convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen…
—ATELECTASES—[n. -TASES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
—ATELECTASIS—[n. -TASES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
—BAROTRAUMAS—[n. -S] · an injury caused by changes in atmospheric pressure, esp~ to the eardrums or lungs
—CATALEPSIES—[n. -SIES] · © alt. of Catalepsis~ «A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues»
—CEPHALEXINS—[n. -S] · (pharmacology) a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
—CERATODUSES—[n. -ES] · © a genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi~, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian~ rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia~ they are called salmon and baramunda~
—DISTENTIONS—[n. -S] · © the act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs / ----- { distension distention § distensions distentions }
—ECHINOCOCCI—[n. -COCCI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
—ELUTRIATING—[v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing
—EXPECTORANTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
—EXPECTORATEDS[v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cough up fluid from the lungs.
—INFUNDIBULAR[n. -LA] · © a funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes
—INSPIRATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
—MEDIASTINUM—[n. -NA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.
—PNEUMONITIS—[n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
—PSITTACOSES—[n. -COSES] · a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci~, that can be transmitted to man, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Also called: parrot fever, ornithosis
—PSITTACOSIS—[n. -COSES] · a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci~, that can be transmitted to man, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Also called: parrot fever, ornithosis
—PULMONOLOGY—[n.] The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory…
—PURTENANCES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
—SARCOIDOSES—[n. -DOSES] · a disease of unknown origin in which lesions or nodules form on the lymph nodes, lungs, bones, skin, and liver
—SARCOIDOSIS—[n. -DOSES] · a disease of unknown origin in which lesions or nodules form on the lymph nodes, lungs, bones, skin, and liver
—SPIROMETERS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
—SPIROMETRIC—[a.] · Derivative of spirometer «an instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs Compare pneumatometer~»
—STETHOSCOPES[n. -S] · © an instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax
—THORACOTOMY—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.
—ECHINOCOCCUS—[n. -COCCI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
—EXPECTORATED—[v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cough up fluid from the lungs.
—EXPECTORATES—[v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cough up fluid from the lungs.
—INFUNDIBULUM—[n. -LA] · © a funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes
—INSPIRATIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
—MESOTHELIOMAS[n. -MATA or -MAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.
—PNEUMOTHORAX—[n. -RAXES or -RACES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
—STETHOSCOPES—[n. -S] · © an instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax
—TUBERCULOSES—[n. -LOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.
—TUBERCULOSIS—[n. -LOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.
—ACTINOMYCOSES—[n. -MYCOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to humans, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
—ACTINOMYCOSIS—[n. -MYCOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to humans, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
—ACTINOMYCOTIC—[a.] · Derivative of actinomycosis «a fungal disease of cattle and of cats and dogs, sometimes transmitted to humans esp~ by bites, characterized by a swelling of the affected part, most often the jaw or lungs Nontechnical name: lumpy jaw»
—ASPERGILLOSES—[n. -LOSES] · a rare fungal infection, esp~ of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
—ASPERGILLOSIS—[n. -LOSES] · a rare fungal infection, esp~ of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
—BLASTOMYCOSES—[n. -COSES] · a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
—BLASTOMYCOSIS—[n. -COSES] · a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
—BRONCHIOLITES—[n. -ITES] · a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
—BRONCHIOLITIS—[n. -ITES] · a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
—CYSTICERCOSIS—[n. -COSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A parasitic infestation of the voluntary muscles, lungs, central nervous system and other organs, caused by the ingestion of eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium.
—EXPECTORATING—[v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To cough up fluid from the lungs.
—EXPECTORATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
—INSPIRATIONAL—[a.] · © pertaining to inspiration «© the act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif~. «Physiol~.», the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration»
—MESOTHELIOMAS—[n. -MATA or -MAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.
—PNEUMONECTOMY—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
—PNEUMONITIDES—[n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
—PNEUMONITISES—[n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
—PULMONOLOGIES—† The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory… [n.]
—PULMONOLOGISTS[n. -S] · Derivative of pulmonology «the branch of medical science concerned with the lungs and respiratory system and their diseases»
—TRANSPIRATIONS[n. -S] · © the act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration
—BRONCHODILATORS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
—EXPECTORATIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
—HISTOPLASMOSES—[n. -MOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.
—HISTOPLASMOSIS—[n. -MOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.
—MESOTHELIOMATA—[n. -MATA or -MAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.
—PNEUMOCONIOSES—[n. -NIOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.
—PNEUMOCONIOSIS—[n. -NIOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.
—PULMONOLOGISTS—[n. -S] · Derivative of pulmonology «the branch of medical science concerned with the lungs and respiratory system and their diseases»
—TRANSPIRATIONS—[n. -S] · © the act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration
—ARTERIALIZATION—[n.] The conversion of venous blood into arterial blood (by absorption of…
—CARDIOPULMONARY—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
—PARASYMPATHETIC—[n. -S] · (anatomy, physiology) of or relating to the division of the autonomic nervous system that acts in opposition to the sympathetic system by slowing the heartbeat, constricting the bronchi of the lungs, stimulating the smooth muscles of the digestive tract, etc~. Compare sympathetic
—PLEUROPNEUMONIA—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
—PNEUMONECTOMIES—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

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