Diseases

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hypotension

Health care; Diseases

Abnormally low blood pressure seen in shock but not necessarily indicative of it.

ocular hypotension

Health care; Diseases

Abnormally low intraocular pressure often related to chronic inflammation (uveitis).

Abnormally low potassium concentration in the blood. It may result from potassium loss by renal secretion or by the gastrointestinal route, as by vomiting or diarrhea. It may be manifested clinically ...

incomplete abortion

Health care; Diseases

Abortion in which not all the products of conception have been expelled.

psoas abscess

Health care; Diseases

Abscess of the psoas muscles resulting usually from disease of the lumbar vertebrae, with the pus descending into the muscle sheath. The infection is most commonly tuberculous or staphylococcal.

aphakia

Health care; Diseases

Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of lens dislocation and subluxation.