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| Hemoglobin | the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs. The iron contained in hemoglobin is responsible for the red color of blood |
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| Hereditary | genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring |
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| Hyperglycemia | high blood level of the sugar glucose. It is seen in patients with diabetes |
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| Hyperinflated | lungs filled with too much air in patients with COPD due to the collapse of small airways during expiration |
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| Hypertension | also known as high blood pressure. By definition, a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg – a systolic pressure above 140 with a diastolic pressure above 90 |
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| Hypoventilation | deficient ventilation of the lungs that results in reduction in the oxygen content or increase in the carbon dioxide content of the blood or both |
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| Hypoxemia | deficient oxygenation of the blood |
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