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Tension
1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example, elevated blood pressure is referred to as hypertension. 2) Stress, especially stress that is translated into clenched scalp…
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- Bariatric Pertaining to bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss
- Hypertrophic gastritis See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Postural Pertaining to the posture or position of the body, the attitude or carriage of the body as a whole, or the…
- Macular pucker Scar tissue in the macula, the area of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. The scar can blur and…
- Splenic fever Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease…
- Atrioventricular (AV) Pertaining to the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) and the ventricles (the lower chambers of the…
- Reflux disease, gastroesophageal (GERD) Reflux disease, gastroesophageal (GERD): The stomach contents regurgitate and back up (reflux) into the…
- Bergamot oil An aromatic extract of the rind of the bergamot orange used to flavor Earl Grey tea and in aromatherapy. It…
- Trypanosomiasis, American See: Chagas disease.
- Pseudoparalysis, spastic Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…
- CpG In genetics, a site where cytosine (C) lies next to guanine (G) in the DNA sequence. (The p indicates that C…