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Hypokalemia
Extreme potassium depletion in the circulating blood, commonly manifested by episodes of muscular weakness or paralysis and tetany. Low potassium levels in the blood. Lower than normal concentration of potassium in the blood. Hypokalemia is a below normal concentration of potassium in the blood. An abnormally low concentration of potassium in the bloodstream. Abnormally low…
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Hyperlipemia
Excess levels of fatlike substances called lipids in the blood. Levels of lipids in excess of normal (5-6 g/L). The presence in the blood of an abnormally high concentration of fats. An excessive quantity of fat in the blood. A broad term describing increased levels of any or all lipids in the blood plasma.
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Hydroureter
Distention of the ureter with fluid due to obstructed outflow. Distension of ureter with urine or watery fluid. A condition in which water or urine collect in the ureter because it is blocked. An accumulation of urine in one of the tubes (ureters) leading from the kidneys to the bladder. The ureter becomes swollen and…
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Heterozygous
Possessing different genes from each parent for a particular trait. A genetic characteristic containing a dominant and recessive gene. Having two or more different versions of a specific gene. Having two different alleles of a gene at corresponding loci (sites) on homologous chromosomes. A person heterozygous for a given trait inherits one allele from each…
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Hemiparesis
Paralysis affecting only one side of the body. Muscle weakness on one side of body. Slight paralysis of the muscles of one side of the body. Hemiparesis is a condition involving a neurological deficit in which one side of the body has weakness or is partially paralyzed. In hemiparesis, neurological compromise is limited to the…
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Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum
In the newborn, the severe, hyperacute inflammation of the membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelids and covering the white of the eye. Caused by infection with gonococci.
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Ganglion
Mass of nerve-like cell bodies lying outside the brain and spinal cord. A mass of nerve cells that serves as a center of nervous influence. A mass of nerve cell bodies and synapses usually covered in connective tissue, found along the peripheral nerves with the exception of the basal ganglia. A cyst of a tendon…
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Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
After ovulation is induced, ova are retrieved via laparoscopy and are transferred along with sperm to the fallopian tubes. A technique to combine eggs and sperm outside the body and then insert them into the ape tubes. A procedure in which a surgeon removes eggs from a woman’s ovary, mixes them with sperm and places…
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Fibrillation (ventricular)
Cardiac arrhythmia characterized by the rapid, incomplete, and uncoordinated contractions of the muscle fibers of ventricles of the heart. Can lead to cardiac arrest. An arrhythmia in which the walls of the ventricle of the heart quiver rather than beat regularly. This causes an interruption of the flow of blood and lack of oxygen to…
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Fecalith
Hard, solid, intestinal mass formed around a core of fecal material. Hard mass of feces in the colon, evacuated manually or by means of an oil enema. Hardened feces that become a stone-like mass, occurring most often in the appendix or a diverticulum. A hard, stone like mass of feces. A fecalith can be responsible…
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