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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

health planning support
Financial resources provided for activities related to health planning and development. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health policy
Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health priorities
Preferentially rated health-related activities or functions to be used in establishing health planning goals. This may refer specifically to pl93-641. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health promotion
Encouraging consumer behaviours most likely to optimise health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health psychology
The aggregate of the specific educational, scientific, and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, the identification of aetiologic and diagnostic correlates of health, illness, and related dysfunction, and the analysis and improvement of the hea …

health resources
Available manpower, facilities, revenue, equipment, and supplies to produce requisite health care and services. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health risk assessment
Method of describing an individual's chance of falling ill or dying of a specified condition, based on actuarial calculations that allow for known exposure to risk; expressed as expected age at which death or disease will occur, and intended as a way of drawing an individual's attention to the probable consequences of risk behaviour. ... (05 Mar 200 …

health services
Services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services accessibility
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services administration
The organization and administration of health services dedicated to the delivery of health care. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services for the aged
Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the aged and the maintenance of health in the elderly. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services misuse
Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services needs and demand
Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for. It includes the identification and assessment of the needs as measured by objective criteria and standards. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health services research
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and out …

health services, indigenous
Health care provided to specific cultural or tribal peoples which incorporates local customs, beliefs, and taboos. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health status
The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health status index
Set of measurements designed to detect short-term fluctuations in health of members of a population; the measurements usually include physical function, emotional well-being, activities of daily living, feelings, etc. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

health status indicators
The measurement of the health status for a given population using a variety of indices, including morbidity, mortality, and available health resources. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health surveys
A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health systems agencies
Health planning and resources development agencies which function in each health service area of the united states (pl 93-641). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health systems plans
Statements of goals for the delivery of health services pertaining to the health systems agency service area, established under pl 93-641, and consistent with national guidelines for health planning. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

health transition
Demographic and epidemiologic changes that have occurred in the last five decades in many developing countries and that are characterised by major growth in the number and proportion of middle-aged and elderly persons and in the frequency of the diseases that occur in these age groups. The health transition is the result of efforts to improve mater …

healthful
1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. ... 2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. 'The healthful Spirit of thy grace.' (Book of Common Prayer) ... 3. Indicating, characterised by, or resulting from …

healthy
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. 'His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion. ... 3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate. ... Sy …

healthy worker effect
Phenomenon of workers' usually exhibiting overall death rates lower than those of the general population due to the fact that the severely ill and disabled are ordinarily excluded from employment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Heaney
Noble Sproat, U.S. Gynecological surgeon and obstetrician, 1880-1955. ... See: Heaney's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Heaney's operation
Technique for vaginal hysterectomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heap
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. 'Though he heap up silver as the dust.' (Job. Xxvii. 16) ... 2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal. ... 3. To form or round …

hear
To perceive sounds; denoting the function of the ear. ... Origin: A.S. Heran ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hearing
The sensation of sound. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing aid
An electronic amplifying device designed to bring sound more effectively into the ear; it consists of a microphone, amplifier, and receiver. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hearing aids
Devices which amplify sound to help persons with hearing loss. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing impaired persons
Persons with any degree of loss of hearing that has an impact on their activities of daily living or that requires special assistance or intervention. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing impairment
Hearing loss ... A reduction in the ability to perceive sound; may range from slight to complete deafness. ... See: deafness, threshold shift. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hearing level
The measure of the status of hearing as read directly on the hearing loss scale of an audiometer; described in decibels as a deviation from a standard value for zero on the audiometer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hearing loss, bilateral
Partial hearing loss in both ears. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, central
Hearing loss due to central nervous system disease, anywhere in the auditory pathways from the cochlear nucleus of the pons to the auditory cortex. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, conductive
Hearing loss due to interference with the acoustic transmission of sound to the cochlea. The interference is in the outer or middle ear. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, functional
Hearing loss without a physical basis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, high-frequency
Hearing loss in frequencies above 1000 hertz. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, noise-induced
Hearing loss from exposure to noise. The loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, partial
A condition in which the sense of hearing, although defective, is functional with or without a hearing aid. The hearing level for speech is approximately 40-70 decibels I.s.o. (international organization for standardization) or 30-60 db a.s.a. (american standards association). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearing loss, sensorineural
Hearing loss resulting from damage to the sensory mechanism internal from the oval and round windows. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hearse
1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. ... 2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. 'Underneath this marble hearse.' 'Beside the hearse a …

heart
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit. 'My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason.' (Shak) ... To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage. ... 1. <anatomy> A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. 'Why does my blood thus muster to my heart!' (Shak) …

heart and lung transplant
A surgical procedure which replaces a diseased heart and lungs with a healthy heart and lungs from a donor. They have been used in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension and isolated severe heart and lung disease. They are not recommended for those with associated systemic disorders such as diabetes or autoimmune illness. Those with liver and …

heart aneurysm
An aneurysmal dilatation of a portion of the wall of the ventricle, usually the left, or, rarely, a saccular protrusion through it (false aneurysm of the heart). It is usually consequent to myocardial infarction but other causes such as bacterial endocarditis or trauma have been described. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart antigen
Synonym for cardiolipin ... A diphosphatidyl glycerol that is found in the membrane of Treponema pallidum and is the antigen detected by the Wasserman test for syphilis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

heart arrest
Sudden and usually momentary cessation of cardiac function. This sudden cessation may, but not usually, lead to death, sudden, cardiac. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart arrest, induced
Arrest of the contraction of the myocardium by the use of cardioplegic chemical compounds (cardioplegic solutions) or of cold during heart surgery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart atrium
The upper right and left chambers of the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart attack
This refers to that damage that occurs to the heart when one of the coronary arteries becomes occluded. ... Common symptoms include crushing, substernal chest pain that may radiate to the jaw or the left arm, accompanied by nausea, sweating and shortness of breath. Fainting is a more uncommon presentation. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

heart auscultation
Act of listening for sounds within the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart beat
A complete cardiac cycle, including spread of the electrical impulse and the consequent mechanical contraction. ... Synonym: ictus cordis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart biopsy
Synonym for biopsy, heart ... <investigation, procedure, surgery> A procedure which involves the removal of a small specimen of cardiac muscle tissue for microscopic analysis. ... This is generally performed at the same time as a cardiac catheterisation or as a very similar, yet separate, procedure. A small piece of heart tissue is taken via a …

heart block
<cardiology, physiology> A conduction disturbance that results in the inappropriate delay (or complete inability) of a electrical impulse, generated in the atria, to reach the ventricles (via the atrioventricular node). ... Clinical types are divided into first (nonserious), second and third degree (most serious) AV blocks. Some drugs may prec …

heart bypass, left
Diversion of the flow of blood from the pulmonary veins directly to the aorta, avoiding the left atrium and the left ventricle. This is a temporary procedure usually performed to assist other surgical procedures. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart bypass, right
Diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance to the right atrium directly to the pulmonary arteries, avoiding the right atrium and right ventricle. This a permanent procedure often performed to bypass a congenitally deformed right atrium or right ventricle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart catheterization
Procedure which includes placement of catheter, recording of intracardiac and intravascular pressure, obtaining blood samples for chemical analysis, and cardiac output measurement, etc. Specific angiographic injection techniques are also involved. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart conduction system
An impulse-conducting system composed of modified cardiac muscle and having the power of spontaneous rhythmicity and conduction more highly developed than the rest of the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart defects, congenital
Imperfections or malformations of the heart, existing at birth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart failure
A condition where there is ineffective pumping of the heart leading to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Typical symptoms include shortness of breath with exertion, difficulty breathing when lying flat and leg or ankle swelling. Causes include chronic hypertension, cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

heart failure cells
Macrophages in the lung during left heart failure that often carry large amounts of haemosiderin. ... See: siderophore. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart failure in kids
<radiology> Primary cardiomyopathy, aortic outflow obstruction, coarctation, supravalvular aortic stenosis, valvular aortic stenosis, noncardiac lesion, asphyxia, TTN (transient tachypnea of newborn), perinatal brain damage (IVH) see also: neonatal congestive heart failure ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart hormone
Synonym for herz hormone ... A substance present in extracts of cardiac tissue that augments cardiac contraction; possibly adenosine, a catecholamine, or some non-specific stimulant present generally in tissues. ... Synonym: cardiac hormone, heart hormone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart injuries
General or unspecified injuries to the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart massage
Rhythmic compression of the heart by pressure applied manually over the sternum (closed heart massage) or directly to the heart through an opening in the chest wall (open heart massage). It is done to reinstate and maintain circulation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart murmur
A finding on physical examination of the heart that can, in some cases, indicate the presence of cardiac disease. Murmurs result from vibrations set up in the bloodstream and the surrounding heart and great vessels as the result of turbulent flow. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

heart murmurs
A sound generated by disturbed blood flow through the heart manifested as 'turbulence'. Turbulence is an irregular condition of motion caused by local vibrations of the wall of a vessel or heart chamber. Heart murmurs are usually detectable in ventricular outflow obstruction and in various types of heart valve disease and are differentiated from he …

heart muscle
Synonym for muscle ... <anatomy> Tissue specialised for contraction. See twitch muscle, catch muscle: Cardiac muscle (heart muscle) is a striated but involuntary muscle responsible for the pumping activity of the vertebrate heart. The individual muscle cells are joined through a junctional complex known as the intercalated disc and are not fus …

heart position
Synonym for electrical heart position ... A description of the heart's assumed electrical habitus based upon the form of the QRS complexes in leads aVL, aVF, V1, and V6. Sometimes loosely (and inaccurately) used to describe the frontal plane electric axis. ... Synonym: heart position. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart rate
The number of beats per minute. Normal resting heart rates are variable with age, sex, size and overall cardiovascular condition. Heart rate can be determined by taking the pulse. Normal heart rate for an average sized adult is in the range of 60-85 beats/minute. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

heart rate, foetal
The heart rate of the foetus. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart rupture
Laceration or tearing of the walls of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, of the papillary muscles or chordae tendineae, or of any of the valves of the heart. Rupture may be due to a variety of pathological entities, however, the majority are secondary to myocardial infarction (heart rupture, post-infarction). ... (12 Dec 1998) …

heart rupture, post-infarction
Rupture of the heart after myocardial infarction. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart sac
Synonym for pericardium ... <anatomy> A double membranous sac which envelops and protects the heart. The layer in contact with the heart is referred to as the visceral layer, the outer layer in contact with surrounding organs is the parietal pericardium. In between the two layers is the pericardial space. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

heart septal defects
Defects in the cardiac septa, resulting in abnormal communications between the opposite chambers of the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart septal defects, atrial
Defects in the septum between the atria of the heart, due to failure of fusion between either the septum secundum or the septum primum and the endocardial cushions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart septal defects, ventricular
Congenital defects in the septum between the cardiac ventricles, most often due to failure of the bulbar septum to completely close the interventricular foramen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart septum
The thin membranous structure between the two heart atria or the thick muscular structure between the two heart ventricles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart sounds
The sounds heard over the cardiac region produced by the functioning of the heart. There are four distinct sounds: the first occurs at the beginning of systole and is heard as a 'lubb' sound; the second is produced by the closing of the aortic and pulmonary valves and is heard as a 'dupp' sound; the third is produced by vibrations of the ventricula …

heart stroke
Impact of the apex of the heart against the wall of the chest. ... Synonym: angina pectoris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart tamponade
Synonym for cardiac tamponade ... Interference with the venous return of blood to the heart due to an extensive accumulation of blood in the pericardium (pericardial effusion). Tamponade may occur as a complication of dissecting thoracic aneurysm, pericarditis, renal failure, acute myocardial infarction, hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease (for examp …

heart tones
Synonym for heart sounds ... The sounds heard over the cardiac region produced by the functioning of the heart. There are four distinct sounds: the first occurs at the beginning of systole and is heard as a 'lubb' sound; the second is produced by the closing of the aortic and pulmonary valves and is heard as a 'dupp' sound; the third is produced by …

heart transplantation
The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart valve
<anatomy> A term used to describe anyone of the main 4 valves of the heart: tricuspid, mitral, aortic or pulmonic valves. ... Mitral valve separates left atrium and left ventricle, pulmonic valve separates pulmonary vein and left atrium, tricuspid valve separates right atrium and right ventricle, aortic valve separates left ventricle and the a …

heart valve prolapse
Displacement of the valves of the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart valve prosthesis
An artificial substitute for a heart valve. It may be mechanical or composed of tissue. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart valve prosthesis implantation
Surgical insertion of synthetic material to repair injured or diseased heart valves. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart valves
Flaps of tissue that prevent regurgitation of blood from the ventricles to the atria or from the pulmonary arteries or aorta to the ventricles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart ventricle
The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right pumps venous blood into the lungs and the left pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart-assist devices
Small pumps, often implantable, designed for temporarily assisting the heart, usually the left ventricle, to pump blood; they consist of a pumping chamber and a power source, which may be partially or totally external to the body and activated by electromagnetic motors; the devices are used after myocardial infarction or to wean the repaired heart …

heart-lung machine
A combination blood pump and blood oxygenator used for temporary periods of time in cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart-lung transplantation
The simultaneous, or near simultaneous, transference of heart and lungs from one human or animal to another. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heart-shaped pelvis
Synonym for cordate pelvis ... Cordiform pelvis, a pelvis with sacrum projecting forward between the ilia, giving to the brim a heart shape. ... Synonym: heart-shaped pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart-shaped uterus
Synonym for cordiform uterus ... An incomplete uterus bicornis with a wedge-shaped depression at the fundus. ... Synonym: heart-shaped uterus, uterus cordiformis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

heart, artificial
A pumping mechanism that duplicates the output, rate, and blood pressure of the natural heart. It may replace the function of the entire heart or a portion of it, and may be an intracorporeal, extracorporeal, or paracorporeal heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

heartburn
<gastroenterology, symptom> Indigestion and a burning pain that is commonly seen in patients with reflux oesophagitis. ... (07 Apr 1998) ...

hearted
1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character). ... 2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. ... 3. Seated or laid up in the heart. 'I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted.' (Shak) ... This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion-hearted, stout-hearted …

hearth
1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. 'There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.' (Jer. Xxxvi. 22) 'Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.' (Shak) ... 2. The house its …