Lower Respiratory System Words 6

pneumocystis pneumonia

• type of pneumonia seen In patients with AIDS
• caused by a fungus that resides in or on the normal flora

• group of respiratory diseases characterized by chronic, partial obstruction of the bronchi and lungs
• ex: asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema

chronic disease characterized by overexpansion and destruction of alveoli

respiratory condition characterized by recurrent attacks of labored or difficult breathing accompanied by wheezing

when cancer spreads to other parts of the body

infectious disease, produces small lesions or tubercles in the lungs