Home > Industry/Domain > Medical

Medical

medical terms

20Categories 204911Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Medical

Medical > Human genome

heart ventricle

Medical; Human genome

The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous blood into the lungs and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial ...

homozygous

Medical; Human genome

A genetic condition where an individual inherits the same alleles for a particular gene from both parents.

humerus

Medical; Human genome

The longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow, articulating above by a rounded head with the glenoid fossa, having below a broad articular ...

hypertonic

Medical; Human genome

1) Exhibiting excessive tone or tension (a hypertonic baby, a hypertonic bladder). 2) Having a higher osmotic pressure than a surrounding medium or a fluid under comparison ...

hypertelorism

Medical; Human genome

Excessive width between two bodily parts or organs (as the eyes. )

hemihyperplasia

Medical; Human genome

Hypertrophy of one half of an organ or part or of one side of the whole body (facial hemihypertrophy. )

hyperthyroidism

Medical; Human genome

1) Excessive functional activity of the thyroid gland. 2) Too much thyroid hormone. Symptoms include weight loss, chest pain, cramps, diarrhea, and nervousness. Also called ...