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A condition of unusual bodily weakness. A state of physical weakness or abnormally low muscular tension.  

Pneumonia caused by fluid accumulating in the lungs of a bedridden person with a weak heart. Pneumonia occurring in elderly or bed-ridden patients who remain constantly in the same position. Ventilation is greatest in dependent areas; remaining in one position causes hypoventilation in many areas, causing alveolar collapse (atelectasis) and creating a pulmonary environment that…

Referring to hypostasis.  

An unusually low sensitivity to stimuli such as allergens.  

To reduce someone’s sensitivity to something, e.g. in the treatment of allergies.  

A condition in which there is not enough prothrombin in the blood, so that the person bleeds and bruises easily. A deficiency of prothrombin (clotting factor) in the blood. As a result the affected individual tends to bleed more easily. The defect may be inherited or be the consequence of liver disease or of a deficiency…

Unusually shallow and slow breathing.  

A serious heart disorder in which the left side of the heart does not develop properly, leading to death within six weeks of birth unless surgery is performed.  

A funnel-shaped stem which attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.  

A lack of sodium in the body. A serum concentration of sodium below the normal range. It may be produced by dilution of blood (from giving large volumes of salt-poor solutions intravenously), excessive water retention (inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone), excessive sodium loss and, rarely, by inadequate salt intake. When severe, it may result in…