Category: H

A plastic tube which is put into the large vein above the heart so that drugs can be given and blood samples can be taken easily. A central venous catheter used for administration of fluids, chemotherapy, and total parental nutrition. A tunneled central venous catheter commonly used to administer solutions by central intravenous therapy for…

A vaccine used to inoculate against the bacterium Haemophilius influenzae that causes meningitis. The vaccine that induces antibodies that help prevent infection with Haemophilus influenzae type b. This vaccine, typically given at two, three, and four months of age, offers immunity against the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Prior to the widespread availability of…

A state where an organ is placed in a different position from usual or is malformed or deformed. The development of tissue which is not natural to the part in which it is produced. The displacement of an organ or part of the body from its normal position. The appearance of a cluster of normal…

Sexual attraction towards persons of the opposite sex. Enduring erotic, emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex. Most men and women are heterosexual. Heterosexuality, like the other sexual orientations, is an inborn predisposition. The pattern of sexuality in which sexual behavior and thinking are directed toward people of the opposite sex.…

A condition in which the two eyes see differently.  

A condition in which if an eye is covered it tends to squint. A tendency to squint. Under normal circumstances both the eyes work together and look at the same point simultaneously, but if one eye is covered it will move out of alignment with the object the other eye is still viewing. When the…

Coming from a different source.  

Producing gametes with different sex chromosomes, as in the human male. Describing the sex that produces two different kinds of gamete, which carry different sex chromosomes, and that therefore determines the sex of the offspring. In humans men are the heterogametic sex: the sperm cells carry either an X or a Y chromosome. To the…

A condition in which the irises of the eyes are different colours. Color difference in the iris of the eye, which is usually congenital but is occasionally secondary to inflammation of the iris. In heterochromia iridis one iris differs in color from the other; in heterochromia iridis one part of the iris differs in color…

Referring to herpes.