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- Resistance, pulmonary The opposition of the respiratory tree to air flow
- Lung, and Blood Institute, National Heart, BI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for…
- Systemic therapy Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
- Dipper A person in whom there is the normal nocturnal fall (dip) in blood pressure. The opposite of a dipper is a…
- American Diabetes Association (ADA) The American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides the following introduction: 'The American Diabetes…
- Hydrops fetalis Gross edema (swelling), usually with anemia, of the fetus. It can be due to Rh blood group incompatibility…
- Syndrome, TMJ Disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) causing pain usually in front of the ear. Pain in the TMJ can…
- Renal capsule The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney
- Hereditary atransferrinemia A genetic disorder in which there is absence of transferrin, a plasma protein that transports iron through…
- Vesicatory A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant
- Imagery Both a mental process (as in imagining) and a wide variety of procedures used in therapy to encourage changes…