| acute renal failure |
Acute renal failure (ARF) is a rapid loss of renal function resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine)and non nitrogenous waste products. Depending on the severity and duration of the renal dysfunction, this accumulationis accompanied by metabolic disturbances, such as metabolic acidosis and hyperkalaemia, changes in body fluid balance, and effects on many other organ systems. It can be characterised by oliguria (although an- or nonoliguric ARF can occur). ...
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| acute angle |
An angle (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ἄγκοσ, a bend; both connected with the Aryan or Indo-European root ank-, to bend) is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. ...
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| acute nonlymphocytic leukemia |
A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature blood-forming cells are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia.
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| acute pain |
Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.
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| acute leukemia |
A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
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