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• Detergents


  Compounds, solutions, or drugs used for cleaning
• Diagnosis


  Determination of the nature of a disease or the disease-producing symptoms
• Diaphragm


  • Dome-shaped muscles that separate the thoracic and abdominal cavities
• Diastolic


  Rhythmic period of relaxation and dilation of a chamber of the heart during which it fills with blood
• Diffuse


  Scattered, covering a large area
• Diluent


  An agent that dilutes the strength of a solution or mixture
• Disinfection


  Destruction of pathogenic (disease-producing) organisms by use of a chemical agent
• Distal


  Farthest from point of reference
• Distilled water


  Water that has been evaporated and condensed to remove all minerals and other impurities
• Double pneumonia, bilateral


  Inflammation of both lungs
• Duct


  A canal or passage for fluid or gases
• Duo Medihaler-Iso


  A pressurized vial containing a bronchodilator solution for relief of bronchospasm
• Dyspnea


  Labored respiration of which the patient is aware
• Edema


  Accumulation of fluid in the tissues
• Elasticity


  Ability to stretch
• Electrolytes


  Particles in the body having an electric charge and having to do with body function and metabolism, mainly sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate
• Embolism


  Artery blocked by an embolus
• Embolus


  A globule of fat, a clot, or gas bubble circulating in the bloodstream that obstructs the blood flow
• Emesis


  The act of vomiting
• Emphysema


  Air trapped in lungs or tissue as a result of disease process and/or aging
• Empiric


  One who does not rely on scientific reasoning or education in practicing medicine; a quack
• Empyema


  Presence of pus in a cavity
• Endobronchial


  Within a bronchus
• Endocrine function


  Functioning of ductless glands that secrete substances directly into the bloodstream
• Endotracheal


  Within the trachea, as an endotracheal tube
• Enzyme


  A chemical produced by the body that acts as a catalyst in the metabolism of food substances
• Epiglottis


  Elastic cartilage covered by mucous membrane, diverts food from the mouth to the esophagus by closing over the trachea
• Epiglottitis


  Inflammation of the epiglottis that can cause airway obstruction
• Epilepsy


  Disorder of the central nervous system that causes convulsions
• Hypotonic


  Below normal strength or decreased salt content when compared to normal body fluid
• Hypoventilate


  To under aerate the alveoli; to put less air into the lungs than the patient needs for adequate oxygenation as a result of a decrease in rate and/or depth of ventilation
• Hypoxemia


  Insufficient amounts of oxygen in the blood
• Hypoxia, anemic


  Hypoxia caused by low hemoglobin or too few red cells
• Hypoxia, demand


  Increased use of oxygen by the cells; caused by high fever or thyroid dysfunction
• Hypoxia, histotoxic


  Inability of cells to use oxygen as a result of poisoning of the cell
• Hypoxia, stagnant (ischemic)


  Hypoxia in the tissue cells that is caused by slow circulation of the blood
• Idiopathic


  Occurring without known cause
• Idiosyncrasy


  A mental or physical habit or a peculiar characteristic of an individual's behavior
• Impairment


  The act of damaging or insulting function
• Infarct


  An arterial blood clot that occludes a blood vessel, causing a triangular area of tissue being supplied by that artery to die