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Cor pulmonale
Cor pulmonale Increased blood pressure in the lungs, causing chest pain, shortness of breath, swelling in the feet and fluid in the lungs.
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Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Lungs
The main respiratory organs in the chest where blood is oxygenated.
Chest
The area of the body located between the neck and the abdomen. The chest contains the lungs, the heart and part of the aorta. The walls of the chest are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum.
Pain
An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience primarily associated with tissue damage, or described in terms of tissue damage, or both.
Feet
The plural of foot, both an anatomic structure and a unit of measure. As an anatomic structure, the foot is the end of the leg on which a person normally stands and walks. The foot is a particularly complex structure made up of dozens of bones that work together with muscles and tendons to execute precise movements. The bones of the foot include the 10 metatarsal bones and the 28 phalanges (toe bones).
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Cor biloculare
A two-chambered heart. Cor biloculare is due to failure of development of the walls that normally separate the two atria (interatrial septum) and the two ventricles (interventricular septum).
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Consumption
"1. Using up. 2. Wasting of the body; especially used in reference to advanced tuberculosis."
Contagious
Easily transmitted by direct or indirect contact.
Contraception
The intentional prevention of conception or impregnation. Also called birth control.
Contracture
Deformity caused by abnormal shortening of the muscles.
Contrast medium
A substance used in x-ray studies to aid in showing internal structures.
Cor pulmonale
Corn
A hardened area of skin on the foot caused by persistent friction or pressure.
Corticosteroid hormones
Hormones produced by the adrenal glands.
Coryza
Runny nose.
Costochondritis
Inflammation of the cartilage-containing joints where the ribs join the breastbone (sternum).
Coxsackievirus
A virus that can cause inflammation of the heart, brain or eye, or hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
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