In medicine combined hyperlipidemia (or -aemia) (also known as Multiple-type hyperlipoproteinemia) is a commonly occurring form of hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) characterised by increased LDL and triglyceride concentrations often accompanied […]
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Hypertriglyceridemia
Hypertriglyceridemia denotes high (hyper-) blood levels (-emia) of triglycerides the most abundant fatty molecule in most organisms. Elevated levels of triglycerides are associated with atherosclerosis even in the absence of […]
Aortic insufficiency
Aortic insufficiency (AI) also known as aortic regurgitation (AR) is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular […]
Delayed puberty
Puberty is described as delayed puberty with exceptions when an organism has passed the usual age of onset of puberty with no physical or hormonal signs that it is beginning. […]
Precocious puberty
In medicine precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age. In most of these children the process is normal in every respect except the unusually early age and […]
Myoclonus
Myoclonus /maɪˈɒklənəs/ or /maɪəˈkloʊnəs/ is a brief involuntary twitching of a muscle or a group of muscles. It describes a medical sign and generally is not a diagnosis of a […]
Paget’s disease of bone
Paget’s disease of bone or Paget disease of bone (/ˈpædʒɨt/ rhymes with gadget) is a chronic disorder that can result in enlarged and misshapen bones. Paget’s is caused by the […]
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis (also known as field fever rat catcher’s yellows and pretibial fever among others names) is an infection caused by bacteria of the Leptospira type. Symptoms can range from none […]
Superinfection
A superinfection is generally defined as a second infection superimposed on an earlier one especially by a different microbial agent of exogenous or endogenous origin that is resistant to the […]
Coinfection
In parasitology coinfection /ˌkoʊɪnˈfɛkʃən/ is the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogen species. In virology coinfection includes simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more virus […]