Category: H

Poisoning due to the use of a toxic herbicide such as 2,4-D.  

Poisoning from ingesting hemlock Conium maculatum, causing weakness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficult breathing, paralysis, and death.  

Toxicity caused by ingestion, inhalation, or absorption of any heavy metal, especially lead or mercury. Symptoms are determined by the type and duration of exposure and may include pulmonary, neurological, integumentary, or gastrointestinal disorders.  

A spot on the skin that perceives hot but not cold stimuli.  

The point at the intersection of a horizontal line drawn from the anterior superior iliac spines and an angled line extending up from the pubic spine. At that point, the ureter is palpable as it crosses the pelvic brim.  

Immunologically induced inflammation of the lungs of a susceptible host caused by repeated inhalation of a variety of substances including organic dusts. Included are molds and other fungi from sources such as cheese, vegetables, mushrooms, flour, mushroom compost, bark of trees, detergents, and contaminated humidification systems. In the acute stage, patients may present with cough,…

Plasma with a high titer of a specific antibody, administered to create passive immunity to the antigen.  

A severe form of bubonic plague in which there is hemorrhage into the skin.  

A formation in which the two placentae of a twin gestation are united. In a twin pregnancy, a situation where two placentas are fused together.  

A placenta in which the maternal blood is in contact with the endothelium of the chorionic vessels.