Glossary
BioScience.com.pk try the best to avoid the use of medical terms that could make it more difficult to understand the information on this website. Still, there are a number of terms that can't be avoided and that are useful to know because they are so often used by the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with whom you might speak. The list below includes the terms used on BioScience.com.pk for which we have provided definitions.
Term | Definition |
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Half-life | The amount of time it takes for the body to inactivate or metabolize half of a substance; a second half-life would decrease the remainder by half again, and so on. |
Heinz Bodies | Precipitated hemoglobin that can be seen inside red blood cells under the microscope |
Hemodialysis | A disorder similar to diabetes mellitus in that it causes symptoms such as increased thirst and increased urine production, but differing in cause, frequency, treatment, and associated complications; diabetes insipidus results from a lack of production of arginine vasopressin (also called antidiuretic hormone or ADH) by the pituitary or a lack of response of the kidneys to ADH, causing an inability of the kidneys to conserve water. It can lead to severe dehydration and high serum sodium if inadequately treated. Diabetes inspididus is a much more rare condition than diabetes mellitus.Also known as: Dialysis |
Hemodialysis | Also known as: Dialysis |
Hemoglobinopathy | A group of single gene disorders including structural hemoglobin variants (e.g., sickle cell hemoglobin) and the thalassemias |
Hemolysis | Process by which red blood cells disintegrate, releasing their contents |
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn | |
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Also known as: HUS |
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Also known as: HUS |
Hemorrhage | 1. bleeding; escape of blood, usually from injured blood vessels |
Hemorrhoid | Swelling of vein(s) in the lower part of the rectum or anus |
Hemosiderosis | Abnormal deposition of an iron-containing compound (hemosiderin) in tissues, often associated with diseases in which there is extensive destruction of red blood cells (e.g., thalassemia) |
Hemostasis | The stopping of bleeding or the flow of blood |
Hepatocellular carcinoma | |
Hepatocellular carcinoma |