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| the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs. |
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the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease |
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| effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities. |
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| inflammation of the lungs with congestion. |
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| Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness. |
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| Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc. |
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| of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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| a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body. |
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| It is an emergency lifesaving procedure that is done when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen after an electric shock, heart attack, or drowning. CPR combines rescue breathing and chest compressions. |
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| a genus of African filarial worms of the family Dipetalonematidae that infect the subcutaneous tissues and blood of humans, include the eye worm (L. loa) causing Calabar swellings, are transmitted by the bite of flies of the genus Chrysops, and are associated with some allergic manifestations (as hives) |
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| abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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| hydrochloric acid. : an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride HCl that is a strong corrosive irritating acid, is normally present in dilute form in gastric juice, and is widely used in industry and in the laboratory—called also muriatic acid. |
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| Shortness of breath: Difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea. Shortness of breath can be caused by respiratory (breathing passages and lungs) or circulatory (heart and blood vessels) conditions and other conditions such as severe anemia or high fever. See also dyspnea. |
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| activities of daily living: eating, bathing , toileting and so on. |
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| A NAS diet is still a balanced diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meat and vegetables, but the choices you make must be lower-sodium choices. |
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| congestive heart failure. : heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation—compare coronary failure. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| emergency room. : a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons with conditions (as illness or trauma) requiring immediate medical care. |
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| the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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