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  • Hydropericardium

    Fluid accumulation in sac containing the heart. An accumulation of liquid round the heart. Accumulation of a clear serous fluid within the membranous sac surrounding the heart. It occurs in many cases of pericarditis (hydropericarditis). If the heart is compressed the fluid is withdrawn (aspirated) via a needle inserted into the pericardial sac through the…

  • Hydropenic

    Deficiency of water in body.  

  • Hydroparasalpinx

    Collection of watery fluid in fallopian tube wall. An accumulation of serous fluid in the accessory tubes of the fallopian tube.  

  • Hydronephrotic

    Distension of kidneys with urine.  

  • Hydromyelia

    Fluid accumulation in central canal of spinal cord. A condition in which fluid swells the central canal of the spinal cord. A dilatation of the central canal of the spinal cord (which is a continuation of the ventricular system of the brain). It has been suggested that the canal is distended by a rise in…

  • Hydromphalus

    Accumulation of watery fluid in the navel. Edematous enlargement of the umbilicus.  

  • Hydrometrocolpos

    Collection of fluid in womb and vagina. The distention of the uterus and vagina by a collection of watery fluid.  

  • Hydrometra

    Collection of fluid in the womb. The collection of watery fluid or mucus in the uterus.  

  • Hydrolase

    An enzyme that promotes reaction of water with other compounds. An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of water and thereby serves to split the compound into two fragments. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of compounds.  

  • Hydrolabyrinth

    Accumulation of fluid in the inner ear.  

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