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PULMONARY

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1. What does PULMONARY mean?
pronunciation
Relating to or affecting the lungs

2. What does PULMONARY VEIN mean?
pronunciation
Any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

3. What does PULMONARY TRUNK mean?
pronunciation
The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries

4. What does PULMONARY VALVE mean?
pronunciation
It's a semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart

5. What does PULMONARY ARTERY mean?
pronunciation
One of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs

6. What does PULMONARY PLEXIS mean?
definition
One of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung

7. What does PULMONARY ANTHRAX mean?
pronunciation
It's a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse

8. What does PULMONARY RESERVE mean?
pronunciation
The additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress

9. What does PULMONARY EMBOLISM mean?
pronunciation
Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

10. What does PULMONARY STENOSIS mean?
definition
Abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle

11. What does PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA mean?
pronunciation
It's an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age

12. What does PULMONARY CONGESTION mean?
pronunciation
Congestion in the lungs

13. What does PULMONARY CIRCULATION mean?
pronunciation
Circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs

14. What does PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS mean?
pronunciation
Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

15. What does INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN mean?
pronunciation
Either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs

16. What does SUPERIOR PULMONARY VEIN mean?
pronunciation
Either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs

17. What does CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE mean?
pronunciation
It's a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers


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