Medical Terminology : āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž
- Cell shrinkage (āĻā§āĻˇā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž)→ Atrophy
- Increase in cell size (āĻā§āĻˇā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ) → Hypertrophy
- Increase in cell number (āĻā§āĻˇā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ)→ Hyperplasia
- Change in cell type (āĻā§āĻˇā§° āĻ§ā§°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž) → Metaplasia
- Abnormal/new uncontrolled cell growth (āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ/āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻˇ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž) → Neoplasia
- Localized mass/swelling (āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°/āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž)→ Tumor
- Infection or microorganisms/toxins in the bloodstream (ā§°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ/āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž ) → Septicemia
- Presence of bacteria in blood (ā§°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ)→ Bacteremia
- Presence of toxins in blood (ā§°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ)→ Toxemia
- Life-threatening abnormal response to infection (āĻ¸āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§°ā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§ā§ąāĻ¨-āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž )→ Sepsis
- Dangerously low blood pressure with inadequate tissue perfusion (ā§°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ ā§°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž): → Shock
- Allergic/inflammatory airway condition (āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨āĻ˛ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻš/āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž)→ Asthma
- Chronic obstructive lung disease (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĢā§āĻ¸āĻĢā§āĻ¸ā§° ā§°ā§āĻ) → COPD
- Infection/inflammation of the lungs (āĻĢā§āĻ¸āĻĢā§āĻ¸ā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ/āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻš) → Pneumonia
- Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (pleural cavity-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻ¤ā§°āĻ˛ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž)→ Pleural Effusion
- Collapse of alveoli (alveoli (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻĨāĻ˛ā§) āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤/āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻž) → Atelectasis
- Whistling/high-pitched breathing sound (āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ˛āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻļā§āĻ-āĻļā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ ) → Wheeze
- Bluish discoloration of skin/lips (āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ˛āĻž-āĻŦā§°āĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž) → Cyanosis
- Difficulty breathing while lying flat (āĻļā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ˛ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž) → Orthopnea
- Difficulty or shortness of breathing (āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ˛ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž/āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻˇā§āĻ)→ Dyspnea