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Glossary You can always search for entries (regexp permitted). Begins with Contains Exactly matches All All There are 408 entries in the glossary. Pages: «1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 » Term Definition Antihistamine Medicine that counteracts the action of histamine (a chemical released during an allergic reaction).   Antipyretic Medicines that are used to treat fever.   Anus The opening at the end of the digestive system where solid waste leaves the body.   Anxiety An unpleasant feeling when you feel worried, uneasy or distressed about something that may or may not be about to happen.   Apgar score A numbered scoring system doctors use to assess a baby's physical state at the time of birth.   Aphasia A total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language; usually caused by stroke, brain disease, or injury.   Appendicitis Inflammation of the vermiform appendix   Appendix A narrow muscular pocket in the abdomen that has no known function attached to the large intestine.   Apraxia The inability to execute a voluntary movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function.   Arteries Thick-walled blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to other parts of the body.   Arthritis Inflammation of joints due to infectious, metabolic, or constitutional causes   Asphyxia A lack of oxygen due to trouble with breathing or poor oxygen supply in the air.   Asthma A chronic lung disorder that is marked by recurring episodes of airway obstruction (as from bronchospasm) manifested by labored breathing accompanied especially by wheezing and coughing and by a sense of constriction in the chest, and that is triggered by hyperreactivity to various stimuli (as allergens or rapid change in air temperature)   Ataxia The loss of muscle control.   Atherosclerosis A disease in which plaque builds up on the insides of your arteries.   Athetoid Making slow, sinuous, involuntary, writhing movements, especially with the hands.   Atrophy A wasting or shrinking of cells, tissue, organs or muscle.   Attention Deficit Disorder A behavioral condition that makes it hard for people to pay attention and concentrate. aka ADD/ADHD   Autism A developmental disorder that appears by age three and that is variable in expression but is recognized and diagnosed by impairment of the ability to form normal social relationships, by impairment of the ability to communicate with others, and by stereotyped behavior patterns especially as exhibited by a preoccupation with repetitive activities of restricted focus rather than with flexible and imaginative ones   Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation A procedure in which blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) are removed, stored, and later given back to the same person.   All Glossary V2.0