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An instrument which records how far the chest expands when a person breathes in. An instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest during breathing.  

The process of recording movements of the chest.  

An instrument which records breathing movements of the chest. An instrument for recording chest movements during breathing. A device used to measure and record the chest’s breathing movements.    

Characterised by heavy snoring.  

Noisy breathing sounds in someone unconscious. A snoring type of noisy breathing heard in deeply unconscious patients. A form of noisy breathing, similar to snoring, and usually due to flapping of the soft palate. It results from paralysis of the soft palate: this may be due to a stroke, suffocation, concussion, drunkenness, or poisoning by…

Containing steroids. Anabolic steroid drugs are hormones and hormonal precursors that produce elevations in or mimic the functions of testosterone. They are often used illegally to produce increases in weight, lean body mass, and strength. Since steroids are oral or injectable pharmacological and not nutritional agents, detailed descriptions of the research regarding steroids is beyond…

A substance which makes someone sneeze.  

A surgical operation to cut through the breastbone, so as to be able to operate on the heart. Surgical division of the breastbone (sternum), performed to allow access to the heart and its major vessels. The operation of cutting through the sternum.  

A benign tumour which appears in the sternomastoid muscle in newborn babies.  

Referring to the breastbone and the mastoid. Related to the breastbone and the bony prominence of the temporal bone located behind the ear.