Lung and Breathing Terms

A chemotherapy combination used to treat malignant mesothelioma, advanced non-small cell lung cancer, advanced bladder cancer, advanced cervical cancer, pancreatic cancer, and epithelial ovarian…

A chemotherapy combination used to treat malignant mesothelioma, advanced non-small cell lung cancer, advanced bladder cancer, advanced cervical cancer, pancreatic cancer, and epithelial ovarian…

Every cell in the body runs it, it needs no oxygen, and for a red blood cell it is the only source of energy available.

Molecular chaperones named after the heat experiment that revealed them, though they work constantly and not only in a crisis.

Four protein chains around four iron atoms, arranged so that picking up one oxygen molecule makes the next three easier to catch.

In heavy bleeding it is the flooding of the airways, not the volume of blood lost, that does the damage.

A pulse oximeter reports how full the hemoglobin is, not how much oxygen the blood holds, and the two can part company.

Oxygen can fail tissue at several points along its journey, and where the failure happens defines the type of hypoxia.

An adjective rather than a diagnosis, it labels how much oxygen a place holds, from a whole body to one tumor core.

A set of pneumonia-like symptoms (such as fever, chills, coughing, and breathing problems) that occur with no sign of infection in the lung.

A disease in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs) are overgrown with fibrous tissue.

Inhalation is the physical act of drawing air or another substance into the lungs, the route used for gases, aerosols, and certain inhaled medications.

A substance being studied in the diagnosis of lung diseases, including lung cancer.

Intrapleural means located within the pleural cavity, the thin fluid-filled space that surrounds each lung.

The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, and intestines) and glands (such as salivary glands and sweat glands).

A surgical procedure during which the circulation of blood to the lungs is separated from the circulation of blood through the rest of the body, and a drug is delivered directly into the lung…

A substance being studied in the treatment of bladder cancer, lung cancer, and other types of cancer.

A rare form of childhood leukemia in which cancer cells often spread into tissues such as the skin, lung, and intestines.

A rare form of childhood leukemia in which cancer cells often spread into tissues such as the skin, lung, and intestines.

A bacterium that frequently causes lung, urinary tract, intestinal, and wound infections.