Dehydration
Dehydration is excessive loss of body water/fluid volume. It occurs when water loss > water intake.
[faq]What is dehydration?
It's where you've lost a lot of water. That occurs when the water...
Fundoscopy
Fundoscopy (aka ophthalmoscopy) is the use of funduscope to look into the fundus of the eye, and can confirm health of the retina and vitreous humor.
To allow better inspection through...
Whooping cough
Whooping cough (aka pertussis) is a highly contagious bacterial disease.
[faq]What is whooping cough or pertussis? The "tus" in pertussis sounds like coughing. If you drag on the "tuuuuus" it sounds...
Follicular cyst
Follicular cyst [of ovary] occurs when ovulation doesn't occur, and a follicle doesn't rupture or release its egg, but instead grows until it becomes a cyst, or when a mature follicle...
Uterine fibroid
Uterine fibroid (aka fibroleiomyoma) is a leiomyoma (i.e. benign tumor from smooth muscle tissue) of the myometrium (i.e. smooth muscle layer) of the uterus. Fibroids are often multiple. Diffuse uterine...
Hypocalcemia
Hypocalcemia is low calcium levels in blood. Physiologically, blood calcium is tightly regulated within a narrow range for proper cellular processes.
Sx
Neuromuscular irritability (including tetany as manifested by Chvostek's sign or...
Agenesis
Agenesis is the failure of an organ to develop during embryogenic growth and development, due to the absence of primordial tissue.
Classification
Depending on the organ affected:
Agenesis of the corpus callosum, failure...
Coombs test
Coombs test (aka antiglobulin test, AGT) are 2 blood tests used in immunohematology.
[faq]Coombs test, has that got anything to do with honeycombs ;P?
Not really ;). Another name for it is...
Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma (sometimes referred to, just as carcinoma) is a type of cancerous tumor that can occur in several parts of the body. Example of an adenocarcinoma not using the terminology is...
Hypothermia
Hypothermia is body core temperature <35°C.
[faq]What is hypothermia?
Low body temperature. Normal temperature is 37°C ± 0.5°C. Low body temperature is strictly below 36.5, but we don't call it hypothermia until it hits below...