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Drug, ACE-inhibitor
A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin II. Angiotensin II causes arteries in the body to constrict and thereby raises the blood pressure. ACE inhibitors lower the blood…
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Show more- Menstruation, retrograde The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This…
- Staging, laparoscopic See: Laparoscopic staging
- PAD Peripheral artery disease
- Vaccinia necrosum See Progressive vaccinia
- Framingham Study A landmark study begun in 1948 in which some 12,000 residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts were…
- Morbilli Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes…
- Hearing loss, age-related See: Presbycusis
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
- Hysteroscopy A procedure to see inside the uterus (the womb) using a viewing tube that is inserted into the vagina up…
- Rehab Short for Rehabilitation
- Arachnodactyly Long spider-like fingers and toes, a frequent finding in Marfan syndrome, a heritable disorder of connective…
- Balloon angioplasty Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin…