2 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
vasculogenic impotence
Health care; Diseases
Impotence caused by a diminution of blood flow to the penis. Arteries involved can be the terminal aorta, hypogastric, pudendal, penile, and cavernous arteries. Ectopic drainage of the corpora ...
paraneoplastic syndromes
Health care; Diseases
In patients with neoplastic diseases a wide variety of clinical pictures which are indirect and usually remote effects produced by tumor cell metabolites or other products.
yang deficiency
Health care; Diseases
In the Yin-Yang system of philosophy and medicine, a lack of vital energy (called yangxu in Chinese). It manifests itself in various systemic and organic diseases.
yin deficiency
Health care; Diseases
In the Yin-Yang system of philosophy and medicine, an insufficiency of body fluid (called yinxu), manifesting often as irritability, thirst, constipation, etc.
urinary retention
Health care; Diseases
Inability to urinate. The etiology of this disorder includes obstructive, neurogenic, pharmacologic, and psychogenic causes.
venous insufficiency
Health care; Diseases
Inadequacy of the venous valves and impairment of venous return (venous stasis) usually from the legs, often with edema and sometimes with stasis ulcers at the ankle.
