| AE | above-elbow [amputation]; acrodermatitis enteropathica; activation energy; adult erythrocyte; advers... |
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| AH | abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid hydro... |
| AHES | artificial heart energy system |
| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
| AHR | antihyaluronidase reaction; Association for Health Records; atrial heart rate |
| heartstruck | 1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." 2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| heartswelling | Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartwater | An acute febrile disease of cattle, sheep, and goats in sub-Saharan Africa and certain islands in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans and in the Caribbean, caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma; some species of African antelope and European and American deer also are susceptible. Synonym: cowdriosis, veldt disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heartwater disease | A tick-borne septicaemic disease of ruminants caused by cowdria ruminantium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heartwood | The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in colour from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartworm | A filarial parasite primarily of dogs but occurring also in foxes, wolves, and humans. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hearty | 1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. "Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss." (Marston) 2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber. 3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal. Synonym: Sincere, real, unfeigned, undissembled, cordial, earnest, warm, zealous, ardent, eager, active, vigorous. Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them. Origin: Heartier; Heartiest. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heartyhale | Good for the heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dextroversion of the heart | Displacement and rotation of the heart into the right side of the chest but without mirror transposition of the cardiac chambers. Synonym: dextroversion of the heart, false dextrocardia, type 3 dextrocardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| disease, congenital heart | A birth defect of the heart or great blood vessels (like the aorta). (12 Dec 1998) |
| drop heart | A condition in which the heart is unduly movable and displaced downward, as distinguished from bathycardia. See: cor mobile, cor pendulum. Synonym: drop heart. Origin: cardio-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| icing heart | Hyaloserositis involving the pericardium. Synonym: icing heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate heart | Loosely, description of the heart's electrical axis when this is directed at approximately between +30 |
| irritable heart | An obsolete term for neurocirculatory asthenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open heart surgery | A surgical procedure, known as a coronary artery bypass graft, which involves replacing diseased (narrowed) coronary arteries with veins obtained from the patients lower extremities (autologous graft). During this procedure the patient is placed on a heart bypass machine (heart-lung machine) to allow the surgeon adequate time to perform surgery on the resting (nonbeating) heart. This procedure has proven to extend the lives of individuals with coronary artery disease and improve the quality of life. Recovery in the hospital is approximately 7-10 days. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ox heart | <anatomy, cardiology, pathology> A very large heart usually due to chronic hypertension or, more often to aortic valve disease. Synonym: bucardia, cor bovinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thallium heart scan | <cardiology, investigation, radiology> A test which involves the introduction of a radioactive tracer into the bloodstream. The radioactive tracer is then measured with a special camera and a determination of coronary artery blood flow can be made. (27 Sep 1997) |
| third heart sound | Occurs in early diastole and corresponds with the end of the first phase of rapid ventricular filling; normal in children and younger people but abnormal in others. Synonym: third sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| three-chambered heart | Congenital abnormality in which there may be a single atrium with two ventricles or a single ventricle with two atria. Rudimentary parts of the atrial and ventricular septa may be present but are incompetent to prevent a virtual single chamber in either case. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thyrotoxic heart disease | Cardiac symptoms, signs, and physiologic impairment due to overactivity of the thyroid gland usually due to excessive sympathetic stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiger heart | A fatty degenerated heart in which the fat is disposed in the form of broken stripes in the subendocardial myocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| egg-on-its-side heart | <radiology> Marked cardiomegaly, typical of transposition of the great vessels (TGV), also called apple on a string (12 Dec 1998) |
| electrical alternation of heart | A disorder in which the ventricular or atrial complexes or both are regular in time but of alternating pattern; detected by electrocardiography. The P, QRS, T, QRS-T, or P-QRST alternate singly or in combination. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Heart Valve Prolapses, Prolapse, Heart Valve, Prolapses, Heart Valve, Valve Prolapse, Heart, Valve Prolapses, Heart
Synonyms : Cardiac Valve Prosthesis, Cardiac Valve Prostheses, Heart Valve Prostheses, Prostheses, Cardiac Valve, Prostheses, Heart Valve, Prosthesis, Cardiac Valve, Valve Prostheses, Cardiac, Valve Prostheses, Heart, Valve Prosthesis, Cardiac, Valve Prosthesis, Heart
Synonyms : Implantation, Heart Valve Prosthesis
Synonyms : Cardiac Valves, Cardiac Valve, Heart Valve, Valve, Cardiac, Valve, Heart, Valves, Cardiac, Valves, Heart
Synonyms : Cardiac Ventricle, Cardiac Ventricles, Heart Ventricle, Left Ventricle, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricles, Right Ventricles, Ventricle, Cardiac, Ventricle, Heart, Ventricle, Left, Ventricle, Right, Ventricles, Cardiac, Ventricles, Heart, Ventricles, Left
| heart failure |
A condition where there is ineffective pumping of the heart leading to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Typical symptoms include shortness of breath with exertion, difficulty breathing when lying flat and leg or ankle swelling. Causes include chronic hypertension, cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. [CancerWEB]
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| heartburn |
burning sensation in the esophagus due to reflux of hydrochloric acid from the stomach; acid reflux
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| heart attack |
Caused by an interrupted flow of blood to the muscle of the heart. It results in the death of an area of heart muscle. A patient experiencing a heart attack feels a sudden, severe chest pain that may spread to the arms and throat.
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| heartburn |
A substernal burning feeling usually due to reflux from the stomach into the oesophagus
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| heart attack |
An episode of heart failure or the stopping of normal heart function; a coronary thrombosis. Symptoms of a heart attack include pain and pressure in the chest, which often spread to the shoulder, arm, and neck. Today, physicians tend to define heart attack in terms of muscle damage to the heart caused by oxygen deprivation.
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| heart | a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts of the queen of spades |
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| heart | the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
| heart | common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers |
| heart | violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet |
| heart | a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived |
| heart | herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa |
| heart | without or almost without hope |
| heart | full of sorrow |
| heart | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| heart | an object of infatuation |
| heart | causing gladness and pleasure |
| heart | the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant |
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