Category: H
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Hydropneumoperitoneum
Fluid and gas accumulation in abdominal cavity. A condition in which watery fluid and gas collect in the peritoneal cavity. The presence of fluid and gas in the peritoneal cavity. This may be due either to the introduction of air through an instrument being used to remove the fluid; because a perforation in the digestive…
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Hydropneumopericardium
Fluid and gas accumulation in sac containing the heart. The presence of air and clear fluid within the pericardial sac around the heart, which is most commonly due to entry of air during pericardiocentesis. The presence of air does not affect the management of the patient. Serous effusion with gas in the pericardium.
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Hydropneumogony
Injection of air into joint to check for fluid.
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Hydroplasma
Watery part of protoplasm.
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Hydropigenous
Causing dropsy.
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Hydropic
Dropsy, fluid accumulation in tissues.
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Hydrophysometra
Gas and fluid in womb.
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Hydrophthalmos
Fluid accumulation in eye. Distention of the eyeball owing to an accumulation of fluid within it.
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Hydropexis
Fixation or holding of water.
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Hydropexia
Fixation or holding of water.