| HA | H antigen; Hakim-Adams [syndrome]; halothane anesthesia; Hartley [guinea pig]; headache; health alli... |
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| AD | 1) Alveolar Duct 2) Autosomal Dominant 3) Auris Dextra; Ri... |
| AD | accident dispensary; acetate dialysis; active disease; acute dermatomyositis; addict, addiction; ade... |
| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
| RLL | right lobe of liver; right lower limb; right lower lobe |
| hepatic flexure | The bend of the colon at the juncture of its ascending and transverse portions. Synonym: flexura coli dextra, hepatic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hepatic function impairment | The impaired ability of the liver to fulfill its role in metabolism. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hepatic infantilism | Delayed development as a result of liver disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic insufficiency | Defective functional activity of the liver cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic intermittent fever | Ague-like paroxysms of fever occurring in cases of one or more stones in the common bile duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic laminae | The plates of liver cells that radiate from the centre of the liver lobule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic lobule | The conceptual polygonal histologic unit of the liver consisting of masses of liver cells arranged around a central vein, a terminal branch of one of the hepatic veins; at the periphery are located preterminal and terminal branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct, hepatic lobules have anatomical reality in the pig liver or pathologically in humans, when fibrous septa are present. Synonym: lobulus hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic lymph nodes | Nodes located along the hepatic artery as far as the porta hepatis; they drain the liver, gallbladder, stomach, duodenum, and pancreas, and send efferents to the coeliac nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici hepatici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic necrosis | A severe and rapidly progressive form of hepatitis accompanied by hepatocellular death and the signs and symptoms of hepatic failure. May be a complication of hepatitis B, C or D. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hepatic obstruction | <gastroenterology> A condition that results in liver enlargement and can occur either by blockage of the hepatic veins or by blockage of the common bile duct (drains bile from the liver). (27 Sep 1997) |
| hepatic plexus | An unpaired autonomic plexus lying on the hepatc artery and its branches in the liver. Synonym: plexus hepaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic porphyria | A category of porphyria that includes porphyria cutanea tarda, variegate porphyria, and coproporphyria. Synonym: porphyria hepatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic portal system | A venous portal system in which the portal vein receives blood via its tributaries from the capillaries of most of the abdominal viscera and drains it into the hepatic sinusoids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic portal vein | <anatomy, vein> A large vein that carries blood from the stomach and intestines to the liver. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hepatic prominence | The conspicuous external bulge appearing dorsocaudal to the cardiac prominence on the body of the human embryo at about the fourth week, indicating the precocious development of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |