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No or under ventilation of any part of the lung or even a whole…

Narrowing and obstruction of circulatory vessels; most common cause of ischemia.

A hereditary tendency to develop IgE-mediated states of hypersensitivity, such as hay fever.

Adenosine Triphosphate

American Thoracic Society

The process of causing genetic changes to weaken a pathogen, rendering it nonpathogenic usually…

Process of listening for sounds within the body (e.g., breathing, heart beat, vascular passage,…

A machine utilizing pressurized steam that enters a chamber to render items sterile. Most…

A disease in which the body produces antibodies against its own cells and tissues…

From oneself.

Acting or occurring involuntarily (autonomic reflexes); relating to, affecting, or controlled by the autonomic…

The part of the nervous system that is concerned with control of involuntary body…