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| The study of the physiology of the blood. |
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| Someone who studies the heart. |
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| Someone who studies the lungs. |
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| The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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| Edema is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. Although edema can affect any part of your body, it's most commonly noticed in the hands, arms, feet, ankles and legs. |
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| A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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| Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| An ECG is a simple, noninvasive procedure. Electrodes are placed on the skin of the chest and connected in a specific order to a machine that, when turned on, measures electrical activity all over the heart. |
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| A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. ... Hematocrit, the proportion of red blood cells to the fluid component, or plasma, in your blood. |
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| An acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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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. The NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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| An abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing. |
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| A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. |
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| A member of a Christian movement (the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society) founded in the US by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). Jehovah's Witnesses deny many traditional Christian doctrines (including the divinity of Christ). and refuse military service and blood transfusion on religious grounds. |
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| Of or relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America. |
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