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Home monitor
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Home monitor A device used to monitor a baby's breathing or heartbeat to help preventsudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Breathing
The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to muscle contraction, and then exhaled due to muscle relaxation.
Infant
A child under a year of age.
Death
1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the definition of life, upon which there is no consensus.) 2. The permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions. (This definition depends upon the definition of "vital bodily functions.") See: Vital bodily functions. 3. The common law standard for determining death is the cessation of all vital functions, traditionally demonstrated by "an absence of spontaneous respiratory and cardiac functions." 4. The uniform determination of death.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
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Home Blood Glucose Monitoring
A way a person can test how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood. Also called self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Home Doctor G.C.H.S
The Home Doctor G.C.H.S is a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Homeopathic Medicine
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses highly diluted doses from the plant, mineral and animal kingdoms to stimulate natural defenses in the body. Homeopathic remedies are based on the theory that "like cures like," and uses remedies that cause symptoms of a certain illness in one who is healthy in order to stimulate the body's natural defenses to heal those same symptoms in one who is ill. The word homeopathy comes from the Greek word 'homeos' meaning similar, and 'pathos' meaning suffering.
Homeopathy
Medical treatment based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving very small doses of substances that, in a healthy person, would produce symptoms like those of the disease.
Homeostatis
When the body is working as it should because all of its systems are in balance.
Homeotypical
Resembling the normal or usual type.
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Hepatitis B vaccine
The vaccine against hepatitis B, a virus that affects primarily the liver. This series of three shots, given between birth and 2 weeks and at 2 and 6 months, may cause fussiness, low-grade fever,headache, and soreness at the injection site.
Hib vaccine
A vaccine given to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b, a serious bacterial infection that causes ear and airway infections and is the leading cause of meningitis in children under 2.
High-risk babies
Babies with a greater likelihood of developing an illness or dyingwithin the first few months of life. High-risk babies include those ofmothers infected with HIV or who have a drug or alcohol dependency.
High-risk pregnancy
A pregnancy with a higher than normal risk of developing complications. Such pregnancies include those with multiple fetuses or Rh incompatibility, and when the mother has had problems with miscarriage, pre-term labor, or placenta previa in earlier pregnancies.
Hindmilk
Breast milk, rich in fat, produced toward the end of a feeding. A baby must nurse for a while (there is no set time - it varies with the individual) to get the hindmilk.
Home monitor
Hot line
A phone number providing direct access to a company or agency for information, advice, and referrals.
Human growth hormone
The hormone that regulates growth.
Hydrocephalus
A relatively rare condition caused by swelling of the fluid-filled cavities in the brain (called ventricles), hydrocephalus or "water on the brain" is sometimes the first sign of spina bifida or can be caused by a tumor or surgery to close an open spinal column.
Hymen
A thin membrane that covers the opening of the vagina.
Hysterosalpingogram
A test used to evaluate the health of the uterus and Fallopian tubes in which dye is injected into the uterus and an X-ray is taken. A hysterosalpingogram can locate blockages or tumors that may be correctable with surgery or medication.
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Breathing
The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to muscle contraction, and then exhaled due to muscle relaxation.
Infant
A child under a year of age.
Death
1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the definition of life, upon which there is no consensus.) 2. The permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions. (This definition depends upon the definition of "vital bodily functions.") See: Vital bodily functions. 3. The common law standard for determining death is the cessation of all vital functions, traditionally demonstrated by "an absence of spontaneous respiratory and cardiac functions." 4. The uniform determination of death.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Home Blood Glucose Monitoring
A way a person can test how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood. Also called self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Home Doctor G.C.H.S
The Home Doctor G.C.H.S is a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Homeopathic Medicine
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses highly diluted doses from the plant, mineral and animal kingdoms to stimulate natural defenses in the body. Homeopathic remedies are based on the theory that "like cures like," and uses remedies that cause symptoms of a certain illness in one who is healthy in order to stimulate the body's natural defenses to heal those same symptoms in one who is ill. The word homeopathy comes from the Greek word 'homeos' meaning similar, and 'pathos' meaning suffering.
Homeopathy
Medical treatment based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving very small doses of substances that, in a healthy person, would produce symptoms like those of the disease.
Homeostatis
When the body is working as it should because all of its systems are in balance.
Homeotypical
Resembling the normal or usual type.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hepatitis B vaccine
The vaccine against hepatitis B, a virus that affects primarily the liver. This series of three shots, given between birth and 2 weeks and at 2 and 6 months, may cause fussiness, low-grade fever,headache, and soreness at the injection site.
Hib vaccine
A vaccine given to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b, a serious bacterial infection that causes ear and airway infections and is the leading cause of meningitis in children under 2.
High-risk babies
Babies with a greater likelihood of developing an illness or dyingwithin the first few months of life. High-risk babies include those ofmothers infected with HIV or who have a drug or alcohol dependency.
High-risk pregnancy
A pregnancy with a higher than normal risk of developing complications. Such pregnancies include those with multiple fetuses or Rh incompatibility, and when the mother has had problems with miscarriage, pre-term labor, or placenta previa in earlier pregnancies.
Hindmilk
Breast milk, rich in fat, produced toward the end of a feeding. A baby must nurse for a while (there is no set time - it varies with the individual) to get the hindmilk.
Home monitor
Hot line
A phone number providing direct access to a company or agency for information, advice, and referrals.
Human growth hormone
The hormone that regulates growth.
Hydrocephalus
A relatively rare condition caused by swelling of the fluid-filled cavities in the brain (called ventricles), hydrocephalus or "water on the brain" is sometimes the first sign of spina bifida or can be caused by a tumor or surgery to close an open spinal column.
Hymen
A thin membrane that covers the opening of the vagina.
Hysterosalpingogram
A test used to evaluate the health of the uterus and Fallopian tubes in which dye is injected into the uterus and an X-ray is taken. A hysterosalpingogram can locate blockages or tumors that may be correctable with surgery or medication.
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