Category: E

A serious condition occurring in late pregnancy that follows preeclampsia, with marked elevation of blood pressure, sometimes convulsive seizures, retention of fluid, and occasionally death of the mother and fetus. A condition characterized by convulsions and coma that may occur in a woman during pregnancy or immediately following childbirth. A serious condition of pregnant women…

The cumulative change in characters of a group of organisms over time. Changes in the characteristics of living things as a result of an interruption in the genetic equilibrium of the species. Forces of evolution are chiefly gene mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. A process of change in organisms which takes place over a…

One of the major clades of flowering plants composed of the majority of the classical dicots; those with pollen of three pores (tricolpate) or derived from this condition.  

A structure that actively shoots pollen or seeds away.  

A plant that escaped from cultivation and now reproduces on its own.  

Plants growing on other plants. Many ferns, orchids, and bromeliads and even shrubs grow on tree branches. Not parasitic.  

Oozing of fluids or accumulation of fluid in a cavity. The escape of material such as fluid or cells into tissue as a defence mechanism. Slow escape (oozing) of fluids and cellular matter from blood vessels or cells through small pores or breaks in the cell membranes, sometimes the result of inflammation. The slow escape…

Excessive loss of blood from a part. The removal of blood from the body.  

Examination of the esophagus with an esophagoscope, a scope to detect injury, a growth, or other abnormality. Visualizing the interior of the esophagus using a flexible viewing instrument.  

A measurable reflection of the acute-phase reaction in inflammation and infection. The rate at which erythrocytes settle out of un-clotted blood. Inflammation processes cause an aggregation of the red blood cells, which make them heavier and more likely to settle. A test that measures how fast erythrocytes settle in a sample of blood plasma, used…