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DefinitionAdrenal glands also known as suprarenal glands are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.They are found above the kidneys. Each gland has an outer cortex which produces steroid? hormones and an...
DefinitionAgitation can be defined as excessive verbal / motor behavior. It can readily escalate to aggression, which can be either verbal (vicious cursing and threats) or...
DefinitionAllergy? also known as allergic diseases are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever?, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis?. Symptoms may...
DefinitionAlopecia Causes/Hair loss also is known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity of hair...
DefinitionThe National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), held a programmatic workshop, Towards AAC-BCI Synergy, on...
DefinitionAmblyopia Symptoms/Amblyopia is a relatively common developmental disorder (affecting 2-4% of the population) that results in a dramatic loss of spatial acuity in the affected eye...
DefinitionAmoebiasis also is known amoebic dysentery, is an infection? caused by any of the amoebas of the Entamoeba group & parasitic infection? of the intestines caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, or E. histolytica. Symptoms...
DefinitionAmputation is a major health burden on the families, society, and on medical services as well. Traumatic limb amputation is a catastrophic injury and an irreversible...
DefinitionAnemia? is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin?. Hemoglobin is a main part of red blood cells...
Anesthesia is the temporary loss of sensation or pain? in one part of the body produced by a topically applied or injected agent without depressing the level...
DefinitionAngina pectoris (Latin for squeezing of the chest) – is chest pain?, discomfort, or tightness that occurs when an area of the heart muscle is receiving...
