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Hypouricuria
Less than normal amount of uric acid in the urine.
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Hypotympanotomy
Surgical incision of the hypotympanum.
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Hypotonia
In physiology, an abnormally low intrinsic resting tension (i.e., low tone in muscles or arteries). Hypotonia refers to an unusual lack of muscle tone. Under normal circumstances, even a muscle at rest maintains a certain level of inherent tension. However, in various conditions that impact the nervous system, this natural tension decreases.
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Subclinical hypothyroidism
A mild elevation of serum thyrotropin level without overt symptoms or signs of thyroid insufficiency. It occurs in 5% to 20% of women over age 60 and about the same percentage of men over age 75.
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Hypothyroid
Marked by insufficient thyroid secretion.
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Hypothymism
Decreased activity of the thymus.
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Therapeutic hypothermia
Any technique in which body temperature is lowered to reduce metabolic rates, oxygen demand, or organ damage. Therapeutic hypothermia has been used to manage stroke and traumatic brain injury, to alleviate fever or pain, and to improve outcomes in surgery or after cardiac arrest.
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Hypothermia blanket
A specially designed blanket for cooling patients with hyperthermia. It has flexible tubing between the layers of cloth through which cold water is circulated.
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Accidental hypothermia
Hypothermia due to exposure to wet and cold conditions (e.g., in skiers, hunters, sailors, swimmers, climbers, the indigent, homeless persons in winter, and alcoholics) rather than diseases (e.g., sepsis or hypothyroidism).
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Temperature regulation in the hypothalamus
Control of body temperature, locally in the periphery and centrally in the hypothalamus. Neurons in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus respond to the temperature of the blood in that region. The same or adjacent neurons also react to pyrogens (e.g., from bacteria).
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