| A | B |
|---|
| Abnormally increased breathing | Hyperpnea |
| Cessation of breathing | Apnea |
| Respirations gradually increase in rapidity and volume until they reach a climax; then gradually subside, cease entirely for a few seconds, then begin the cycle again | Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
| Lack of oxygen | Anoxia |
| Oxygen deficiency with a resulting increase of carbon dioxide in the tissues | Asphyxia |
| Painful or Labored breathing | Dyspnea |
| Fast breathing | Tachypnea |
| Slow breathing | Bradypnea |
| Allergic reaction in which the walls of the small bronchioles swell with a thick mucus secretion | Asthma |
| Most widespread of all communicable diseases, characterized by swollen and inflamed mucous membranes of the nose and throat with copious discharge | Common cold |
| Swelling of alveoli due to chronic bronchial obstruction | Emphysema |
| Mechanism for clearing obstructions from airway | Cough |
| nose bleed | Epistaxis |
| Sensitivity to foreign proteins causing watery discharge from eyes and nose | Hay fever |
| Acute, contagious disease characterized by inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and generalized aches | Influenza |
| Inflammation of the pleura – usually accompanies infections of the lung | Pleurisy |
| Inflammation of the alveoli of the lung – may be caused by bacteria or viruses | Pneumonia |
| inflammation of a sinus | Sinusitis |
| Inflammation of lungs and pleurae – caused by a bacterium (Occasionally invades other parts of the body.) | Tuberculosis |
