20 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
chorea
Health care; Diseases
Involuntary, forcible, rapid, jerky movements that may be subtle or become confluent, markedly altering normal patterns of movement. Hypotonia and pendular reflexes are often associated. Conditions ...
sinus arrhythmia
Health care; Diseases
Irregularity of the heart rate related to functioning of the sinoatrial node.
death
Health care; Diseases
Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.
anterior spinal artery syndrome
Health care; Diseases
Ischemia or infarction of the spinal cord in the distribution of the anterior spinal artery, which supplies the ventral two-thirds of the spinal cord. This condition is usually associated with ...
ischemic optic neuropathy
Health care; Diseases
Ischemic injury to the optic nerve which usually affects the optic disk (optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic) and less frequently the retrobulbar portion of the nerve (optic neuropathy, posterior ...
obstructive jaundice
Health care; Diseases
Jaundice, the condition with yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes, that is due to impaired bile flow in the biliary tract, such as intrahepatic cholestasis, or extrahepatic ...
carotid-cavernous sinus fistula
Health care; Diseases
Laceration of the intracavernous portion of the carotid artery or one of its intracavernous branches resulting in a direct communication between the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus. ...
