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Condition resulting in abnormal elevation of the blood triglyceride level. An increased blood triglyceride level; a possible risk factor for cardiovascular disease.  

Inappropriate and excessive response to an allergen. Com¬ mon allergens are pollen, dust, animal hairs, and certain foods. The degree of the response depends on the nature and amount of the allergen, the way it enters the body, and other factors. Reactions range from mild allergic symptoms such as runny nose and watery eyes to…

Deep, rapid breathing that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever, pain, hysteria, or respiratory or cardiac disorder.  

Higher than normal levels of sodium in the blood, resulting from too-frequent urination, diabetes insipidus, profuse sweating, diarrhea, or other disorder. An elevated concentration of sodium in the bloodstream. Hypernatremia is said to be present when the sodium concentration exceeds about 145 mmol/L. In the vast majority of cases, water deficits (and not salt excesses)…

Excessive movement, especially in the intestines.  

Any of a large group of disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism resulting in higher than normal cholesterol and lipoprotein levels in the blood. Some of the disorders are hereditary (e.g., familial hypercholesterolemia) whereas others are acquired. The presence in the blood of abnormally high concentrations of lipoproteins. Increased lipids in the blood resulting either…

Abnormally large amounts of calcium in the urine, usually resulting from excess bone resorption (e.g., in osteoporosis, hyperparathyroidism) also called hypercalcinuria. An excessive concentration of calcium in the urine.  

Genetic disorder of lipid metabolism in which there are abnormally high levels of serum cholesterol and a tendency to develop atherosclerosis and heart disease at an early age. Treatment involves a low- cholesterol diet and sometimes the use of drugs to lower blood lipid levels. Abnormally high amounts of the bile pigment bilirubin in the…

Drug used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract. A drug with similar activity to hyoscine, used, often in mixtures, to treat muscle spasm. It is administered by mouth.  

Small, isolated, v-shaped bone that supports the tongue.