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Congestion of blood vessels after an occlusion has been removed.  

Arthritis caused by a reaction to something. An aseptic (that is, not involving infection) arthritis provoked by an immune reaction to an episode of infection elsewhere in the body. It often occurs in association with enteritis caused by Salmonella and certain shigella strains, and in both yersinia and campylobacter enteritis. Nongonococcal urethritis, usually due to…

To make something active again. To make active again (e.g., to restore to a physiological response or to awaken a dormant infection.  

Bleeding which follows an operation.  

An action which takes place as a direct result of something which has happened earlier. An effect produced by a stimulus. The particular response of someone to a test. Response to a stimulus, especially in medicine. The response of an organism, or part of it, to a stimulus. In chemistry, it refers to the combination…

To react to something to act because of something else, to act in response to something. To react with something (of a chemical substance) to change because of the presence of another substance.  

The distance which one can stretch to get hold of or touch something. The distance which one can travel easily.  

The process of being reabsorbed. The process of absorbing again. It occurs in the kidney when some of the materials filtered out of the blood by the glomerulus are reabsorbed as the filtrate passes through the nephron.  

To absorb or take up something again.  

A harsh noise made in the throat, caused by a blockage to breathing and heard especially near death. Abnormal sound heard through a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders, it usually results from moisture in the air passages. A coarse crackle heard during auscultation of the chest. This finding suggests excessive airway secretions are…