local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
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brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
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local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a…
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.a blood clot in a cerebral artery or vein
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy…
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy…
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare, Haematology.an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Cardiology, Medicine and healthcare.the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart
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tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficienc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most comm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.See Cooky.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: brief, episode, brain, gets, insufficient.Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar mont…
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