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Hallux rigidus
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Hallux rigidus Osteoarthritis causing a stiff big toe.
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Osteoarthritis
Degenerative disorder of joints, most often from disease in the spine and in the weight bearing joints (knees and hips). Normally seen with aging, but can occur prematurely due to various reasons, for instance after an injury to a joint. Also known as degenerative joint disease, it can cause joint pain, loss of function, reduced joint motion, and deformity.
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Hallucination
A false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled by the ill individual. In schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations are most common.
Hallucinosis
A morbid condition, as in acute alcoholic hallucinosis, which is characterized by recurrent acute attacks marked by hallucinated auditory threats of persecution.
Hallux
Refers to the big toe.
Hallux valgus
Devation of the big toe towards the out side of the foot. Osteoarthritis is one cause.
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Hygienist
Dental auxiliary who cleans teeth and provides patient education; administers local anesthetic, nitrous oxide and performs periodontal scaling.
Hyperemia
increased blood flow; may cause dental sensitivity to temperature and sweets; may precede an abscess.
Health insurance
Health Insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market based health care systems such as that used in the United States rely on private medical insurance.
Health dictionary
A dictionary of health related and medical terms and definitions for the public at large and/or the medical professionals.
Hallux
Refers to the big toe.
Hallux rigidus
Hallux valgus
Devation of the big toe towards the out side of the foot. Osteoarthritis is one cause.
HSC disease
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. A form of Histiocytosis-X.
Heat shock proteins
Produced in response to physiological stress. Of interest in inflammatory arthritis because antigenic.
Heberden's nodes
Bony swellings on distal interphalangeal joints (at the ends of the fingers) in osteoarthritis.
Hemiarthroplasty
Partial joint replacement - in the knee for example.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Osteoarthritis
Degenerative disorder of joints, most often from disease in the spine and in the weight bearing joints (knees and hips). Normally seen with aging, but can occur prematurely due to various reasons, for instance after an injury to a joint. Also known as degenerative joint disease, it can cause joint pain, loss of function, reduced joint motion, and deformity.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hallucination
A false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled by the ill individual. In schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations are most common.
Hallucinosis
A morbid condition, as in acute alcoholic hallucinosis, which is characterized by recurrent acute attacks marked by hallucinated auditory threats of persecution.
Hallux
Refers to the big toe.
Hallux valgus
Devation of the big toe towards the out side of the foot. Osteoarthritis is one cause.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hygienist
Dental auxiliary who cleans teeth and provides patient education; administers local anesthetic, nitrous oxide and performs periodontal scaling.
Hyperemia
increased blood flow; may cause dental sensitivity to temperature and sweets; may precede an abscess.
Health insurance
Health Insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market based health care systems such as that used in the United States rely on private medical insurance.
Health dictionary
A dictionary of health related and medical terms and definitions for the public at large and/or the medical professionals.
Hallux
Refers to the big toe.
Hallux rigidus
Hallux valgus
Devation of the big toe towards the out side of the foot. Osteoarthritis is one cause.
HSC disease
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. A form of Histiocytosis-X.
Heat shock proteins
Produced in response to physiological stress. Of interest in inflammatory arthritis because antigenic.
Heberden's nodes
Bony swellings on distal interphalangeal joints (at the ends of the fingers) in osteoarthritis.
Hemiarthroplasty
Partial joint replacement - in the knee for example.
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