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Hammertoe
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Hammertoe A permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
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Hammer
The malleus, a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear.
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Hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus or womb [from Greek, hystera, womb + ektome, excision].
Homicidophilia
The very rare condition in which a person is dependent on sadistic homicide of the partner, or the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. Recorded cases are either heterosexual or homosexual, but not bisexual. The converse condition is the masochistic staging of one's own murder (autoassassinatophilia).
Health care
Care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes but is not limited to: preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling services, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status of an individual, or that affects the structure or function of the body; and the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Primary - includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions. Secondary - includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hammer
The malleus, a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus or womb [from Greek, hystera, womb + ektome, excision].
Homicidophilia
The very rare condition in which a person is dependent on sadistic homicide of the partner, or the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. Recorded cases are either heterosexual or homosexual, but not bisexual. The converse condition is the masochistic staging of one's own murder (autoassassinatophilia).
Health care
Care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes but is not limited to: preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling services, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status of an individual, or that affects the structure or function of the body; and the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Primary - includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions. Secondary - includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
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