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An unusually large amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus. An excessive amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus. This condition occurs in the middle or late stages of pregnancy and is usually harmless. In most cases, the uterus swells to a size only slightly larger than normal and the woman experiences either no symptoms…

A drug that lowers blood pressure. People usually receive it in combination with other drugs that increase the output of urine. Drug that dilates blood vessels and is used, often in combination with a diuretic, in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. Adverse effects include headache, rapid heart rate, and gastrointestinal disturbances. It…

An excess of water in the blood.  

An abnormal pregnancy from a pathologic ovum, resulting in a mass of cysts shaped like a bunch of grapes. Abnormality occurring in pregnancy during which portions of the chorion degenerate, forming grapelike masses throughout the placenta, causing death of the embryo and sometimes leading to a malignancy in the uterus. It occurs in about 1…

An infection, usually in the lungs or liver, caused by expanding hydatid cysts that destroy the tissues of the infected organ. A rare, potentially fatal disease in humans caused by infection with the larval stage of a microscopic tapeworm found in foxes, coyotes, dogs (especially sheep dogs), and cats. Hydatid disease is also referred to…

The larval form of the tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. A cyst formed by the growth of the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus, usually in the liver.  

Any cyst-like structure. Cyst-like, usually fluid-filled structure especially that which forms around the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. A bladderlike cyst formed in various human tissues following the growth of the larval stage of an Echinococcus tapeworm. E. granulosus produces a single large fluid-filled cyst, called a unilocular hydatid, which gives rise internally to smaller daughter…

A substance which binds connective tissue and is found in the eyes. Chemical present in the vitreous humor of the eye, in movable joints, and certain other tissues; it is a cementing and protective substance, forming a gel in intercellular spaces. An acid mucopolysaccharide that acts as the binding and protective agent of the ground…

A transparent membrane round the vitreous humour in the eye. Transparent membrane that surrounds the vitreous humor of the eye and separates it from the retina. The transparent membrane that surrounds the vitreous humor of the eye, separating it from the retina.  

Inflammation of the vitreous humour or the hyaloid membrane in the eye. Inflammation of the vitreous humor of the eye. Asteroid hyalitis is a degenerative condition (rather than an inflammation), in which the vitreous contains many small white opacities.