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Hydrops fetalis
Gross edema (swelling), usually with anemia, of the fetus. It can be due to Rh blood group incompatibility, in which antibodies crossing the placenta from the mother destroy the red blood cells of the fetus. It can also be caused by a…
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- Complementary DNA 1. Anemia at birth. 2. Synonym for Rh incompatibility.
- Aerophagia Swallowing too much air, a common cause of gas in the stomach and belching. Everyone swallows small amounts…
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage Bleeding within the head into the space between two membranes that surround the brain. The bleeding is…
- Test, exercise treadmill A test (sometimes simply called a treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram…
- Genome, canine See: Dog genome
- Lepra 1. Leprosy (Hansen disease) 2. Before the mid 19th century, psoriasis.The acronym LEPRA stands for the…
- Viscera The internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart or lungs) or abdomen (as…
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Bursitis, hip Inflammation of a bursa of the hip joint. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface…
- Pagetic Pertaining to Paget disease, a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to…
- Aggressive angiomyxoma A slow-growing tumor of stromal cells which occurs primarily in the genital and pelvic regions. This tumor is…