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High blood pressure
High blood pressure: Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is, by definition, a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg -- a systolic pressure above 140 with a diastolic pressure above 90. Chronic…
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Show more- Window, round The trachea, a tube-like portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract that connects the larynx (the voicebox)…
- Arms An appendage in anatomy and in clinical trials. See: Arm
- Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans Also known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Drug resistance The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand a drug to which they were once sensitive and…
- First American medical school King's College Medical School founded in New York in 1767. Its mission was fairly lofty -- to 'enlarge the…
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead…
- Vaginal yeast infection Infection of the vagina caused by a fungus known as Candida. A yeast vaginal infection is characterized by…
- Sphingomyelin lipoidosis Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Nannycam See: Nanny cam
- Hepatitis C Hepatitis C: Inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is usually spread by blood…
- Fracture, compound A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. NTER> A fracture is…
- Atloaxoid joint The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…