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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Nasal cannula An oxygen administration device that supplies oxygen to the patient's nose by a length of tub-ing that ends with two small prongs at the entrance to the patient's nose. For more information about oxygen and oxygen therapy, click here.

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Nasal cannula
Nasogastric (NG) tube
Nebulizer
Necrosis
Neonatal
Neuromuscular

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