**Short, easy-to-remember definitions:** 1. **ARDS** – Sudden, life-threatening lung failure where fluid fills the air sacs → severe breathing trouble. 2. **Asphyxia** – Body tissues starved of oxygen. 3. **Asthma** – Airways tighten and swell → reversible wheezing and shortness of breath. 4. **COPD** – Progressive lung disease that makes breathing hard (includes chronic bronchitis + emphysema). 5. **Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever)** – Fungal lung infection from inhaling dust (Southwest U.S.). 6. **COVID-19** – Contagious coronavirus infection; ranges from mild cold-like symptoms to severe pneumonia/ARDS. 7. **Croup** – Kids’ barking cough + noisy breathing from upper-airway swelling. 8. **Cystic fibrosis (CF)** – Genetic disorder → thick sticky mucus clogs lungs and pancreas. 9. **Deviated septum** – Crooked wall inside the nose → one nasal passage smaller. 10. **Diphtheria** – Serious bacterial throat infection that forms a gray membrane and can block breathing. 11. **Emphysema** – Alveoli lose elasticity and stay over-inflated → air trapping (part of COPD). 12. **Epistaxis** – Nosebleed. 13. **IPF** – Scar tissue slowly builds up in the lungs for unknown reasons → progressive breathing failure. 14. **Influenza (flu)** – Contagious viral respiratory infection with fever, body aches, and cough. 15. **OSA** – Airway collapses repeatedly during sleep → pauses in breathing and loud snoring. 16. **Pertussis (whooping cough)** – Highly contagious bacterial infection with severe coughing fits that end in a “whoop.” 17. **Pleural effusion** – Extra fluid collecting between the lung and chest wall.

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