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Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension
See: Pulmonary hypertension
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Show more- Arthropathy Joint disease. The term arthropathy does not specify the type of joint disease. It might be osteoarthropathy…
- Meltdown, genetic A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
- Syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Supraspinatus muscle >The supraspinatus muscle; >The subscapularis muscle, which moves the arm by turning it inward (internal…
- Nyctophobia Pathological fear of the dark, an abnormal and persistent dread of the dark. Sufferers experience anxiety…
- Intraoperative radiation therapy Radiation treatment given during surgery. Also called IORT. See also radiation therapy
- Oto- An otoacoustic emission test (OAE) measures an acoustic response that is produced by the inner ear (cochlea)…
- CBT Cognitive behavior therapy. See: Cognitive therapy
- Tumor, desmoid See: Desmoid tumor
- Test, exercise treadmill A test (sometimes simply called a treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram…
- Memory, recent Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Failure to thrive (FTT) Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is no official…