| A | B |
|---|
| allergy | a sensitivity to a substance that causes the body to react with signs and symptoms |
| apnea | the lack or absence of breathing |
| Biot's respirations | rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30 seconds of apnea |
| bradypnea | slow breathing respirations are fewer than 12 per minute |
| Cheyne-Stokes respirations | respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow |
| cyanosis | bluish color to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nail beds |
| dyspnea | difficult, labored, or painful breathing |
| hemoptysis | bloody sputum |
| hyperventilation | respirations are rapid and deeper than normal |
| hypoventilation | respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular |
| hypoxemia | a reduced amount of oxygen in teh blood |
| hypoxia | cells do not have enough oxygen |
| Kussmaul respirations | very deep rapid respirations |
| orthopnea | breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting |
| orthopneic position | sitting up and learning over a table to breathe |
| oxygen concentration | the amount of hemoglobin containing oxygen |
| pollutant | a harmful chemical or substance in the air or water |
| respiratory arrest | when breathing stops |
| respiratory depression | slow, weak respirations at a rate of fewer than 12 per minute |
| sputum | mucus from the respiratory system that is expectorated through the mouth |
| tachypnea | rapid breathing |
