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high pressure neurological syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A syndrome related to increased atmospheric pressure and characterized by tremors, nausea, dizziness, decreased motor and mental performance, and seizures. This condition may occur in those who dive ...

tumor lysis syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A syndrome resulting from cytotoxic therapy, occurring generally in aggressive, rapidly proliferating lymphoproliferative disorders. It is characterized by combinations of hyperuricemia, lactic ...

African swine fever

Health care; Diseases

A sometimes fatal asfivirus infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct ...

hiccup

Health care; Diseases

A spasm of the diaphragm that causes a sudden inhalation followed by rapid closure of the glottis which produces a sound.

cervix dysplasia

Health care; Diseases

A spectrum of histologic changes in the epithelium of the cervix uteri which may begin as a superficial lesion and progress to invasive carcinoma.

pelvic inflammatory disease

Health care; Diseases

A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be ...

endocardial cushion defects

Health care; Diseases

A spectrum of septal defects associated with persistence of the embryonic atrioventricular canal due to incomplete growth and fusion of the endocardial cushion.