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Jejunoileitis
Inflammation of both the jejunum and ileum of the small intestine.
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Jejunitis
Inflammation of the jejunum, caused by one of many possible diseases, including bacterial infections, celiac sprue, Crohn’s disease, ischemia, radiation, injury, or vasculitis.
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Jejune
Lacking in nutritive value.
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Jarvik heart
Type of artificial heart used, with variable success, in recent human implantations. A type of artificial (man-made) heart developed by Robert Jarvik, MD. In its present state of development, the Jarvik heart is used as a “bridge” before a heart transplant. The heart is powered from outside the body.
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Jamais vu
Sensation of being strange or unfamiliar with a person or surroundings that actually are familiar. It can occur in normal persons but is most often associated with certain types of epilepsy. One of the manifestations of temporal lobe epilepsy, in which there is a sudden feeling of unfamiliarity with everyday surroundings. The subjective sense of…
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Jacket
Covering, as of plaster of Paris, leather, or other material, placed over the torso to provide support or help correct a deformity. A bandage usually applied to the trunk to immobilize the spine or correct deformities.
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Isotonic exercises
Form of exercise in which the muscle contracts and there is movement; joint mobility and muscle strength are improved. An active muscle contraction in which the force exerted remains constant and muscle length changes. Exercise that involves the contraction and relaxation of muscles through the full range of their motion. Muscular strength and endurance exercises…
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Isosorbide mononitrate
Oral nitroglycerine-like drug; acts as a vasodilator and is used in the treatment of angina.
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Isometric exercises
Exercises that increase muscle tension by applying pressure against stable resistance, as in pressing hands together; also called isometrics. A system of exercises based on the principle of isometric contraction of muscles. This occurs when the fibers are called upon to contract and do work, but despite an increase in tension do not shorten in…
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Isoagglutination
Process in which antibodies (isoagglutinins) occurring naturally in blood cause clumping of red blood cells of a different group, carrying a corresponding antigen (isoagglutinogen) but of the same species. Agglutination of red blood cells by agglutinins from the blood of another member of the same species. The coagulation of blood resulting from the reaction between…
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