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Hemiparesis
Hemiparesis Muscle weakness of one side of the body.
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Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
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Hemianopia
A loss of one-half of the field of vision; for example, all of the right side of vision is gone. This is sometimes seen in older people with vascular problems, in certain types of brain tumors or after head trauma.
Hemianopsia
Loss of one half of the field of vision (the area that can be seen by each eye when staring straight ahead).
Hemiarthroplasty
Partial joint replacement - in the knee for example.
Hemineglect
A condition following damage to the parietal stream of one hemisphere in which individuals are unaware of stimuli from the hemifield that projects to that hemisphere.
Hemiplegia
Paralysis of one side of the body as a result of injury to neurons carrying signals to muscles from the motor areas of the brain.
Hemisphere
As applied to the brain, either its left or its right half.
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Hyposensitization
To treat with frequent, small injections of an antigen to decrease the symptoms of an allergy to that antigen. Also called desensitization.
Hypothermia
Low body temperature.
Hysteria
1. Wild, uncontrolled excitement or other feelings. 2. A disorder in which anxiety is converted into physical symptoms that have no physical basis.
Holter monitoring
ECG recorded over 24 hours to monitor heart rhythms.ÿ A small recording device is worn by the individual.
Hemianopsia
Loss of one half of the field of vision (the area that can be seen by each eye when staring straight ahead).
Hemiparesis
Herniation
Bulging of tissue through an opening in a membrane, muscle or bone.
Hyperfractionation
An increased number of smaller dosage treatments of radiation therapy.
Hypophysis
Pituitary gland.
Hypotonicity
Diminished muscle tone; limp muscles.
Hemagglutination
The agglutination of red blood cells; may be immune as a result of specific antibody either for red blood cell antigens per se or other antigens which coat the red blood cells, or may be nonimmune as in hemagglutination caused by viruses or other microbes.
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