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Buzzle - Medical terms Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Terms Date & country: 27/09/2013, USA Words: 440

Jejunum
The portion of the small intestines that is between the duodenum and the ileum.

Jackknife Seizure
Also referred to as Infantile Spasms, it is a disorder that occurs in infancy with the onset of myoclonic seizures, mental retardation, and abnormal electroencephalogram.

Jacob's Disease
Also referred to as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), it affects the brain causing dementia, which is thought to be caused by a prion. Apart from chronic dementia, the other symptoms include nervousness, forgetfulness, trembling jerky movements of the hands, muscular spasms, unsteady gait, balance disorder, and loss of expression in the face.

In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
An infertility treatment wherein the egg from a woman is taken and fertilized in the laboratory with either the sperm from her partner or a donor.

Inotropic Medications
Medications which increase the strength of the heart's contractions.

Inspiration
Inhalation; Breathing in of oxygen.

Insulin Resistance (IR)
A condition wherein the cells' ability to respond to insulin is impaired, resulting in the body secreting increased amounts of insulin in the blood in order to reduce the levels of blood glucose.

Informed Consent Form
A form which a patient signs before undergoing surgery, which states everything that the surgery involves, including the risks.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Chronic problems causing the gastrointestinal tract to get inflamed, also resulting in ulcers. Some of the common conditions are Crohn's Disease and colitis.

Impedance Plethysmography
A test which evaluates the flow of blood through the leg.

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT)
A condition wherein blood sugar levels are elevated higher than normal, although not to the extent of being diagnosed as diabetes. It is an indication of prediabetes or borderline diabetes.

Impaction
An object trapped in a passage of the body, like hardened stool trapped in the colon or stones caught in the bile duct.

Immunotherapy
A therapy that is designed to make the body resistant to substances that it is allergic to like dust mites, pollens, insect venom, and fungi by giving the person increasing doses of the allergen he/she is allergic to. It is also a treatment wherein the natural defenses of the body to fight disease is used.

Immunosuppressive Medications
Medications which suppress the immune system of the body, usually used to minimize transplanted organs from being rejected.

Immunology
The study of the immune system of the body - how it functions and what are the disorders that affect it.

Immobilization
The prevention of movement in order to allow healing to take place.

Immune System
A network of special organs and cells which function together, defending the body from being attacked by viruses and bacteria.

Immunoglobulins
Proteins and antibodies that are produced by the immune system's cells, found in the tissue fluids and blood, which bind to anything they recognize as foreign antigens. Sometimes immunoglobulins bind to substances that may not be a health threat.

Imaging
A diagnostic procedure wherein pictures of the inner parts of the body are taken for making evaluations.

Ileitis
Also known as Crohn's Disease, it is a condition wherein the ileum gets inflamed.

Homeopathy
See definition of homeopathy.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Replacing female hormones such as progestin, which is the synthetic version of progesterone, and estrogen, when women no longer produce them after menopause.

Human Brain
See facts about Human Brain.

Human Chromosomes
See facts about Human Chromosomes.

Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
See what is Hyaluronic Acid (HA).

Ileal
Related to the lowest part of the small intestines, or the ileum.

Holistic Health
See definition of holistic health.

Histamine
A chemical that is released by the body due to an allergic reaction.

High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
Also referred to as the 'good cholesterol', it helps in breaking down and removing 'bad' cholesterol from the body.

Hemorrhage
The medical word for excessive bleeding.

Hemorrhoidectomy
Removing hemorrhoids surgically. Hemorrhoids are swellings inside or at the anal sphincter.

Hepatitis
The liver getting inflamed either due to a toxin or being infected by a virus.

Hepatologist
A physician specializing in diseases of the liver.

Herbal Medicine
See definition of herbal medicine.

Hematopathology
Also referred to as Hemopathology, this is branch of study that deals with blood, the organs that produce blood, bone marrow, and the diseases that affect them.

Heberden's Nodes
Bony swellings which form around the joints, due to the degenerative effects of arthritis.

Heart-Lung Machine
A machine that maintains the circulation of blood, by diverting it, oxygenating it, and then pumping it back into the body, during surgery of the heart.

Heart Valve Prolapse
A condition wherein the heart valve remains open partially when it ought to be closed.

Heart Block
When the electrical impulses to the heart muscles are interrupted. This results in unconsciousness.

Headache, Secondary
This type of headache is caused by an underlying pathological reason. Also referred to as inflammatory or traction headaches, they include any headache that has neoplastic, infectious, drug-induced, idiopathic, or vascular origins.