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jaundice jaundice
jaundice , abnormal condition in which the body fluids and tissues, particularly the skin and eyes, take on a yellowish color as a result of an excess of bilirubin. During the normal breakdown of old erythrocytes (red blood cells), their hemoglobin is converted into bilirubin. Normally the bilirubin... Read more
Neonatal jaundice Neonatal jaundice
Neonatal jaundice Definition Neonatal jaundiceis the term used when a newborn has an excessive amount of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellowish-red pigment that is formed and released into the bloodstream when red blood cells are broken down. Jaundice comes... Read more
Liver biopsy Liver biopsy
Liver biopsy Definition A liver biopsy is a medical procedure performed to obtain a small piece of liver tissue for diagnostic testing. The sample is examined under a microscope by a pathologist, a doctor who specializes in the effects of disease on body tissues; in this case, to detect... Read more
Galactosemia Galactosemia
Galactosemia Definition Galactosemia is an inherited disease in which the transformation of galactose to glucose is blocked, allowing galactose to increase to toxic levels in the body. If galactosemia is untreated, high levels of galactose cause vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, low blood sugar,... Read more
Verbenaceae Verbenaceae
Vervain A sacred herb used to cleanse the table of Zeus before a feast in ancient Greece. In Rome it was also strewn on the altars of Jupiter, and water containing vervain was also sprinkled in houses to cast out evil spirits. Among the Druids particularly it was employed in connection with many... Read more
Hemolytic anemia Hemolytic anemia
Hemolytic anemia Description Red blood cells (erythrocytes) transport oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, maintain a normal acid-base balance, and determine how thick or thin the blood is. Hemolytic anemia refers to the premature, increased destruction of... Read more
faeces faeces
faeces Adults in Western societies excrete approximately 200 g of faeces each day. Faeces consist of unabsorbed water, undigested fibre, short chain fatty acids (which are a major product of fermentation), relatively low concentrations of salts, and an extremely large number of bacteria including... Read more
humours humours
humours For over 2000 years Western medicine and culture perceived the body and the mind in humoral terms. Some of the Hippocratic writers (c.450–350 bc) developed physiological and pathological theories centred on the belief that the fluids in the body were its most significant constituents.... Read more
cirrhosis cirrhosis
cirrhosis , degeneration of tissue in an organ resulting in fibrosis, with nodule and scar formation. The term is most often used in relation to the liver, because that organ is most often involved in cirrhosis. Cirrhosis of the liver interferes with the liver's metabolism of nutrients,... Read more
hemolysis hemolysis
hemolysis , destruction of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Although new red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are continuously created and old ones destroyed, an excessive rate of destruction sometimes occurs. The dead cells, in sufficiently large numbers, overwhelm the organ that destroys them, the... Read more

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