20 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
heart rupture
Health care; Diseases
Laceration or tearing of the walls of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, of the papillary muscles or chordae tendineae, or of any of the valves of the heart. Rupture may be due ...
joint instability
Health care; Diseases
Lack of stability of a joint or joint prosthesis. Factors involved are intra-articular disease and integrity of extra-articular structures such as joint capsule, ligaments, and muscles.
giant lymph node hyperplasia
Health care; Diseases
Large benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes. The more common hyaline vascular subtype is characterized by small hyaline vascular follicles and interfollicular capillary proliferations. Plasma cells are ...
hallux valgus
Health care; Diseases
Lateral displacement of the great toe, producing deformity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with callous, bursa, or bunion formation over the bony prominence.
situs inversus
Health care; Diseases
Lateral transposition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen. It has a familial pattern and consanguineous parents have been reported.
subdural effusion
Health care; Diseases
Leakage and accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the subdural space which may be associated with an infectious process; craniocerebral trauma; brain neoplasms; intracranial hypotension; and other ...
