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anemia
anemia , condition in which the concentration of hemoglobin in the circulating blood is below normal. Such a condition is caused by a deficient number of erythrocytes (red blood cells), an abnormally low level of hemoglobin in the individual cells, or both these conditions simultaneously. Regardless... Read more |
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geriatrics
geriatrics , the branch of medicine concerned with conditions and diseases of the aged. Many disabilities in old age are caused by or related to the deterioration of the circulatory system (see arteriosclerosis ), e.g., mental deterioration and disturbances of motor and sensory function are often... Read more |
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Vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A Description Vitamin A is one of four fat-soluble vitamins necessary for good health. It serves an important role as an antioxidant by helping to prevent free radicals from causing cellular damage. Adequate levels are important for good eyesight, and poor night vision may be one of the... Read more |
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neuritis
neuritis , inflammation of a peripheral nerve, often accompanied by degenerative changes in nervous tissue. The cause can be mechanical (injury, pressure), vascular (occlusion of a vessel or hemorrhage into nerve tissue), infectious (invasion by microorganisms), toxic (metallic or chemical... Read more |
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Encephalopathy
Encephalopathy Definition Encephalopathy is a condition characterized by altered brain function and structure. It is caused by diffuse brain disease. Description Encephalopathy may be caused by advanced and severe disease states, infections, or as a result of taking certain medications. The... Read more |
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Osteomalacia
Osteomalacia Osteomalaciais a disease in which insufficient mineralization leads to a softening of the bones. Usually, this is caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, which reduces bone formation by altering calciumand phosphorus metabolism. Osteomalacia can... Read more |
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Definition Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, which is also known as HPRT deficiency or Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder that affects males. Males with this syndrome develop physical handicaps, mental retardation, and kidney problems. It is caused by a total absence... Read more |
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sprue
sprue chronic disorder of the small intestine caused by impaired absorption of fat and other nutrients. Two forms of the disease exist. Tropical sprue occurs in central and northern South America, Asia, Africa, and other specific locations. No cause has been identified, but suggested causes include... Read more |
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Thrombocytosis
Thrombocytosis Definition Thrombocytosis is a blood disorder in which the body produces a surplus of platelets (thrombocytes). Description Thrombocytosis is an abnormally increased number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are blood cells that stick together, helping blood to clot.... Read more |
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C Description Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is naturally produced in fruits and vegetables. The vitamin, which can be taken in dietary or supplementary form, is absorbed by the intestines. That which the body cannot absorb is excreted in the urine. The body stores a small amount, but daily... Read more |
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vitamin
...healthy growth of all animals. Vitamins are classified as either water...exists in taking too many vitamin supplements. Some are synthesized in the body. Many vitamins act as coenzymes, helping...processes. Lack of a particular vitamin can lead to a ... |
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vitamins
vitamins In present day Western society...source of information on the vitamins they provide, the quantity...no means to the extent that vitamin supplements are sold and bought...shows the main sources of each vitamin, and main features of its ... |
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health foods
...study diseases that were caused by deficiency of nutriments, required in tiny amounts, that came to be called vitamins. Scurvy, which was revealed as a...By the 1880s, beriberi and other vitamin deficiencies were being identified, and by the 1920s most major ... |
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purpura
purpura Purplish patches on the skin due to seepage of blood from underlying vessels. Physical injury, vitamin deficiencies, some allergies and certain drugs are among the causes. |
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muscle wasting
...substances (organophosphates, for example); metabolic conditions such as diabetes; malnutrition leading to vitamin deficiencies; acute inflammatory neuropathies such as the Guillain–Barré syndrome, in which the motor nerves are attacked... |
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congenital abnormalities
...are known as teratogens.Mineral and vitamin deficiency states can adversely influence transcriptions...the brain, spinal cord, and eyes. Deficiencies of manganese, copper, iron, selenium...occurs between days 21 and 24. Folate deficiency before and during ... |
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anaemia
...and maturation due to iron deficiency, because iron is a necessary...production also requires certain vitamins, particularly B12 and folic...type are called macrocytic. Vitamin B12 deficiency usually follows...in animal sources. Because ... |
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cod liver oil
...is a rich source of vitamins A and D and also contains...unsaturated fatty acids. Vitamin A is important for...integrity of epithelia, so deficiency can lead to night blindness...commonly the victims of Vitamin D deficiency in ... |
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vegan
...There have been some cases of nutritional deficiency in vegans, notably vitamin B12 deficiency in vegans who were not eating foods fortified with this vitamin (or taking a vitamin B12 supplement).There is little information... |
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scurvy
scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency from the difficulty, during the days...disease was not finally conquered until vitamins were discovered during the early decades...Carpenter, K. , History of Scurvy and Vitamin C (rev. edn. 1988). |
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vitamin B
vitamin B n. any one of a group of water-soluble vitamins that are often found together...B1 (thiamin, aneurine) a vitamin deficiency of which leads to beriberi...1 mg. B2 (riboflavin) a vitamin important in tissue respiration... |
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vitamin C
vitamin C (ascorbic acid) n. a water-soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties that is essential in maintaining healthy connective tissues. A deficiency of vitamin C leads to scurvy. Recommended daily intake: 30 mg; rich sources are citrus fruits and ... |
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vitamin D
vitamin D n. a fat-soluble vitamin that enhances the absorption of calcium and phosphorus from...form manufactured in the skin in the presence of sunlight. A deficiency of vitamin D leads to rickets and osteomalacia. Recommended daily intake... |
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vitamin K
vitamin K n. a fat-soluble vitamin occurring in two main forms – phytomenadione and menaquinone...essential for the normal clotting of blood. A dietary deficiency does not often occur as the vitamin is synthesized by bacteria in the large intestine... |
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malabsorption
...small intestine of one or more substances, such as fat, vitamins, or amino acids, is reduced. Symptoms (depending on...weight loss, diarrhoea, anaemia, swelling (oedema), and vitamin deficiencies. The commonest causes are coeliac disease, pancreatitis... |
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antimetabolite
...of a normal metabolite. Some are useful in chemotherapy of cancer, others are naturally occurring toxins in foods, frequently causing vitamin deficiency diseases by inhibiting the normal metabolism of the vitamin. See also antivitamin. |
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avitaminosis
avitaminosis The absence of a vitamin; may be used specifically, as, for example, avitaminosis A, or generally, to mean a vitamin deficiency disease. |
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hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis Vitamin deficiency. |
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dark adaptation
...is formed by reaction between vitamin A aldehyde and the protein opsin...vision). At an early stage of vitamin A deficiency it takes considerably longer than...thus provides a marker of early vitamin A deficiency. More severe ... |
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selenium
...glutathione peroxidase it acts as an antioxidant, and to some extent can compensate for vitamin E deficiency. Similarly, vitamin E can compensate for selenium deficiency to some extent. Requirements are of the order of 50 μg/day; in parts of New... |
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deficiency
deficiency • noun 1. a vitamin deficiency synonyms: insufficiency, lack, shortage, want, dearth...deprivation, shortness.antonym: surplus. 2. the team's big deficiency synonyms: defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weakness... |
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Vitamin Deficiency after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y GB.(Report)
...study. Synopsis: Vitamin deficiencies after laparoscopic...and involve more vitamins, even those that...al. Incidence of vitamin deficiency after laparoscopic...fact that vitamin deficiencies are common ... |
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Incidence of Vitamin Deficiency after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass...
...Micronutrient deficiency is a known complication...micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin B12, folate...studies, whereas deficiencies of vitamins A, C, B2, B6...the incidence of vitamin deficiency in ... |
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beware of deficiencies or mega doses of vitamins
Vitamins, minerals and other supplements...sufficient amounts of most vitamins and minerals. The clear...extraordinary effects of vitamins largely come from vitamin-deficiency diseases...is miraculous. Vitamin A ... |
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Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in...
...multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen...result of Vitamin A deficiency caused by...with severe deficiencies of Vitamins A, D and...as iron-deficiency anemia, which...her serum ... |
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Multiple vitamin deficiencies associated with anemia in last trimester.
...Multiple vitamin deficiencies are linked to anemia...report. "Iron-deficiency or anemia in pregnancy...status and multiple vitamin levels of Chinese...retinol, folate, and vitamin B-12 in serum...Relationships between five ... |
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HEALTH: VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AFFLICT A THIRD OF WORLD
...vitaminand mineral deficiencies that afflict up...vitamin and mineral deficiency," shewarned. The study, 'Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency...strategies-- adding vitamins and minerals to...the study, iodine ... |
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Take your vitamins! Despite the high nutritional quality of commercial dog...
...We sometimes see vitamin deficiencies in puppies and younger dogs...naturally manufacture sufficient vitamins to meet their daily requirements...manufacturing process. These vitamins are either fat-soluble...unused). The fat-soluble vitamins ... |
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Prevalence of vitamin deficiencies on admission: relationship to hospital...
...Circulatory antioxidant deficiency appears to be common in...Older studies suggested that deficiencies of the B vitamins were associated...antioxidant and water-soluble vitamins remains unknown. We investigated...deficiencies of antioxidant ... |
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Inflammation, vitamin deficiencies and organ failure in critically ill patients
...whether biochemical vitamin deficiencies in critical illness...reactive protein, vitamins A, E, B1, B12 and...had completed vitamin studies eligible for...respectively). Vitamin A concentration was...respectively). Change in ... |
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Preschoolers' lowfat diets lacking in some vitamins, small study says; Some...
...field about how much vitamin E is needed for good...major antioxidant vitamin levels, which include vitamins E and C, in children...The ideal levels of vitamins E and C were based...suffered borderline deficiencies. "Their blood ... |
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