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Hypermagnesemia
Excess magnesium. Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium intake because they can accumulate magnesium, a dangerous (and sometimes fatal) situation. According to the National Academy of…
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Show more- Pagetic Pertaining to Paget disease, a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to…
- Vein, superior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and empties it into the…
- Sickle cell anemia A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Quadriceps reflex See: Knee jerk
- Stasis dermatitis A skin irritation on the lower legs generally related to circulatory problems. Stasis refers to a stoppage or…
- Acromion The projection of the scapula (the shoulder blade) that forms the point of the shoulder. The acromion is part…
- Coronary artery brachytherapy Local radiation treatment within an artery to the heart. Coronary artery brachytherapy has been used to…
- Prenatal radiation exposure The exposure of an unborn baby to radiation. Radiation exposure of the fetus can occur when the mother's…
- Hedonophobia An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias…
- Rheumatism, localized Rheumatism confined to a specific location, such as bursitis and tendonitis
- Kernicterus Kernicterus: A type of brain damage associated with athetoid cerebral palsy (uncontrollable movement of the…
- Epilepsy, temporal-lobe Epilepsy that is characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the temporal lobe of the brain. This…