| A | B |
|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease | Brain atrophy, marked by deterioration of mental capacity (dementia). |
| Asphyxia | Extreme decrease in the amount of oxygen in the body with increase of carbon dioxide leading to loss of consciousness or death. |
| Asthma | Spasm and narrowing of bronchi leading to bronchial airway obstruction. |
| Atel/o | Means incomplete |
| Atelectasis | Collapsed lung |
| Blast- | Means immature |
| Cerebrovascular Accident | Damage to the blood vessels of the cerebrum, leading to loss of blood supply to brain tissue |
| Cerebrovascular Accident | A stroke |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Chronic bronchitis and asthma, emphysema are examples of this disease |
| Concussion | Injury to the brain, as a result of trauma to the head. |
| Coni/o | Dust |
| Dementia | Deterioration of mental capacity |
| Ectasis | Dilation or expansion |
| Emphysema | Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls. |
| Epilepsy | Neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizure activity. |
| Glioblastoma | Malignant brain tumor arising from neuroglial (supportive and connective tissue in the brain) cells. |
| Hemiplegia | Paralysis affecting the right or left half of the body. |
| Hemoptysis | Spitting up of blood, coming from the lungs or bronchi.. |
| Hemoptysis | Spitting up blood |
| Hemothorax | Blood in the pleural cavity (space between the pleura). |
| Meninges | Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| Meningitis | Inflammation of the meninges (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord). |
| Multiple Sclerosis | Destruction of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), with replacement by plaques of sclerotic (hard) tissue. |
| Neuroglial Cells | Supportive and connective tissue in the brain |
| Para- | Along the side |
| Paraplegia | Paralysis that affects the lower portion of the body. |
| Plegia | Paralysis |
| Pleural Cavity | Space between the pleura |
| Pneumoconiosis | Abnormal condition of dust (coni/o) in the lungs. |
| Pneumonia | Inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction. |
| Syncope | Sudden and temporary loss of consciousness due to inadequate flow of blood to the brain. |
| Syncope | Fainting |
| Tuberculosis | An infectious disease caused by bacteria (bacilli). Symptoms are cough, weight loss, night sweats, hemoptysis (spitting up blood), and pleuritic pain. |
