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hyperlucent lung

Health care; Diseases

Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with bronchiolitis obliterans and with adenovirus infection in childhood.

reticuloendotheliosis

Health care; Diseases

Hyperplasia of reticuloendothelial tissue, in any organ or tissue. A related concept is reticulosis which is an increase in reticuloendothelial elements.

Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painless, round to oval sessile papules about 1 to 4 mm ...

immediate hypersensitivity

Health care; Diseases

Hypersensitivity reactions which occur within minutes of exposure to challenging antigen due to the release of histamine which follows the antigen-antibody reaction and causes smooth muscle ...

renovascular hypertension

Health care; Diseases

Hypertension due to compression or obstruction of the renal artery or its branches.

renal hypertension

Health care; Diseases

Hypertension due to renal diseases, especially chronic parenchymal disease. Hypertension as a result of compression or obstruction of the renal artery or its branches is hypertension, renovascular.

EPH gestosis

Health care; Diseases

Hypertensive state associated with edema and proteinuria which develops during pregnancy up to the 20th week of gestation, after which it is classified as pre-eclampsia.