Category: H
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Heroic
Courageous or audacious actions undertaken to treat a patient in a precarious state.
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Hermaphrodism
A condition in which an individual possesses both male and female sexual organs and characteristics.
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Hepatolenticular degeneration
A hereditary condition that begins during adolescence, featuring liver disease and progressive brain degeneration leading to speech and swallowing difficulties, as well as cognitive impairment. This condition is also known as Wilson’s disease or progressive lenticular degeneration.
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Hepatic fever
A fever linked to the inflammation of the membranes surrounding the gallbladder and the bile ducts of the liver.
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Henoch’s purpura
A blood disorder marked by symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting blood, the presence of blood in stools, and a widespread skin rash consisting of tiny blood spots.
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Hemotherapy
Treatment involving the injection of blood.
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Hemoglobinuria fever
An intense manifestation of malaria linked to hematuria (bloody urine).
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Hematometra
A buildup of blood inside the uterus.
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Hematherapy
The therapy of illnesses using blood or plasma.
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Helminthic abscess
An abscess caused by a helminth worm.