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


		Pursed-lip breathing A special breathing technique where a patient inhales through the nose and exhales through almost closed lips. This technique is used when a COPD patient is having trouble breathing.

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Parenteral
Pediatric
Percussor
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Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
Phlebitis
Pleurisy
Pneumocardiogram
Pneumonectomy
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Post-op
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Povidone swab
Povidone swabstick
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Pressure sore
Prognosis
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Pursed-lip breathing
Purulent

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