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A device worn round the clock in order to monitor and diagnose heart actions and irregularities.  

A class of substances, especially homogentisic acid, present in urine in alkaptonuria, a rare metabolic disease.  

A test to determine blood levels of aldolase, an enzyme that converts sugar to energy in the muscles. It is elevated in various conditions, including liver necrosis, skeletal muscle disease, granulocytic leukemia, and muscular dystrophy.  

Brain deterioration, caused by the AIDS virus, leading to difficulty in thinking or managing daily activities. A combination of two or more designated conditions lasting for three or more months that indicate the probable onset of AIDS at a future time. Infections and other abnormalities associated with HIV infection. Encephalopathy caused by direct infection of…

A microorganism that requires atmospheric oxygen in order to grow. A deficiency of antibodies in blood, which reduces a person’s ability to ward off infection.  

Maintaining a person’s vital functions with the aid of complex equipment. In situations where basic life support, administered by a first-aider, proves insufficient in restoring a regular heartbeat and natural breathing following a cardiac arrest (a cessation of the heart’s pumping action), medical or paramedical professionals step in to provide advanced life support. This advanced…

Sudden inability of the lungs to carry out their functions in exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide. Any impairment in oxygenation or ventilation in which the arterial oxygen tension falls below 60 mm Hg, and/or the carbon dioxide tension rises above 50 mm Hg, and the pH drops below 7.35.  

A serious, sometimes fatal, inflammatory bowel disease that may follow intestinal surgery or administration of certain antibiotics. Bacterial overgrowth causes formation of raised, yellowish, membrane-like plaques on intestinal tissues.  

A heart attack (damaged heart muscle due to inadequate blood supply).  

A cancerous disease of blood, in which there is an increase of white (granulocyte) blood cells.