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Hypophosphatasia
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Hypophosphatasia Rare autosomal recessive cause of rickets. Associated with a lack of alkaline phosphatase.
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Autosomal
"Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex chromosomes. People normally have 22 pairs of autosomes (44 autosomes) in each cell together with two sex chromosomes (X and Y in the male and XX in the female). "
Rickets
A disorder of childhood characterised by defective bone and mineralisation, where characteristic lower limb bowing or bending occurs. Other outward signs of rickets can be the so-called rachitic rosary on the ribs, and thickened wrists, as well as bossing of the forehead.
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Hypodermic
Beneath the skin.
Hypoglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is lower than normal.
Hypoglycemia
Low levels of blood sugar.
Hypoglycemia Unawareness
A situation in which the usual epinephrine-induced symptoms of a fall in blood sugar are, for a variety of reasons, either not felt or not recognized. |This situation may be dangerous, as the patient may go from functioning normally to unconscious within a short time. It is generally thought that if such a patient is allowed to maintain somewhat elevated blood sugar levels for several weeks, that the hypoglycemic unawareness may resolve.
Hypoparathyroidism
Parathyroid hormone insufficiency due to lack of secretion of the parathyroid gland.
Hypophilia
A condition or syndrome, variable in etiology and diagnosis, of being sexuoerotically substandard or deficient, particularly with respect to some aspect of genital functioning at the acceptive phase; impaired or deficient in sexual and genital responsiveness or frequency. The condition of being subnormal in sexual and genital responsiveness or frequency.
Hypophilic
Hypophilic refers to a person being sexuoerotically substandard or deficient.
Hypophosphataemic rickets
X-linked, vitamin D-resistant. May resemble ankylosing spondylitis.
Hypophysis
Pituitary gland.
Hypopituitarism
A generalized endocrine deficiency condition produced by failure, either partial or complete, of the pituitary gland to secrete its proper hormones. Failure after surgery for a pituitary tumor is usually complete. Idiopathic failure may be either complete or partial. In some instances, partial failure may involve chiefly the secretion of pituitary gonadotropins, the hormones that stimulate the ovaries or the testes to produce their own hormones.
Hypoplasia
Underdevelopment of a tissue or organ usually due to a decrease in the number of cells.
Hyposensitisation
See specific allergy vaccination.
Hyposensitization
To treat with frequent, small injections of an antigen to decrease the symptoms of an allergy to that antigen. Also called desensitization.
Hypospadias
A birth defect in the positioning of the urethral (urinary meatus) opening on the penis in males or into the vagina in females. In mild male hypospadias, the opening is only slightly displaced from the tip of the penis. In severe male hypospadias, the opening is in the female position, at the base of the scrotum, and the penis has an open gutter on its underside, instead of a covered urinary canal. A hypospadiac penis may be normal sized or small. 2. A birth defect in the male in which the urinary opening is on the underside of the shaft of the penis anywhere from the glans (first degree) to the perineum (third degree or penoscrotal hypospadias). A small penis with a severe degree of hypospadias is identical in appearance with an enlarged clitoris below which is a single opening or urogenital sinus leading to both the urethra and the vagina. Artificial hypospadias may occur as a sequel to an injury, as in a circumcision accident, or be self-inflicted.
Hypotension
Subnormal arterial blood pressure.
Hypothalamus
The portion of the brain's limbic system that integrates incoming information, and either increases or decreases the release of certain hormones that instruct the pituitary gland to release hormones.
Hypothermia
Low body temperature.
Hypothyroidism
Deficiency of thyroid hormone; the opposite of hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is in the throat, near the larynx or Adam's apple.
Hypotonia
Abnormally decreased tonicity, tension or strength; ocular hypotony refers to low intraocular pressure.
Hypotonicity
Diminished muscle tone; limp muscles.
Hypovolemia
A decreased amount of blood in the body.
Hypoxemia
Subnormal oxygenation of arterial blood, short of anoxia.
Hypoxia
Abnormal oxygen content in the organs and tissues of the body.
Hypoxyphilia
Asphyxiophilia [from Latin, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation + -philia].
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Hydrotherapy
Physiotherapy in a heated pool.
Hydroxyapatite
Calcium hydroxyapatite. One form of calcification which may be associated with acute inflammation in soft tissue or a destructive arthropathy (Milwaukee shoulder).
Hydroxyproline
A collagen constituent. May serve as a surrogate for collagen breakdown when assessing bone turnover.
Hypermobility syndrome
Syndrome of arthralgia associated with joint hypermobility.
Hypophosphataemic rickets
X-linked, vitamin D-resistant. May resemble ankylosing spondylitis.
Hypophosphatasia
Hydergine
A cerebral metabolism activator.
Hygroton
An antihypertensive/long-term diuretic based in chlorthalidone.
HPV
HPV is an acronym for the Human Papilloma Virus, a virus which is known to cause warts. HPV has also been associated with various precancerous and malignant disorders. It is most common sexually transmitted infection, affecting about 80 percent of all adults at one time or another by the time they are 50. HPV is the name for a group of viruses that includes more than 100 types. About 30 percent are transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse or intimate skin-to-skin contact. Of these, most are considered "low-risk," which means they cannot cause cancer. However, about a dozen or so are "high risk," which means they can lead to cancer if they are not fought off by the immune system.
Hemianopia
A loss of one-half of the field of vision; for example, all of the right side of vision is gone. This is sometimes seen in older people with vascular problems, in certain types of brain tumors or after head trauma.
Hyperphoria
A tendency for one eye to drift upward. A vertical type of muscle imbalance between the eyes.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Autosomal
"Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex chromosomes. People normally have 22 pairs of autosomes (44 autosomes) in each cell together with two sex chromosomes (X and Y in the male and XX in the female). "
Rickets
A disorder of childhood characterised by defective bone and mineralisation, where characteristic lower limb bowing or bending occurs. Other outward signs of rickets can be the so-called rachitic rosary on the ribs, and thickened wrists, as well as bossing of the forehead.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hypodermic
Beneath the skin.
Hypoglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is lower than normal.
Hypoglycemia
Low levels of blood sugar.
Hypoglycemia Unawareness
A situation in which the usual epinephrine-induced symptoms of a fall in blood sugar are, for a variety of reasons, either not felt or not recognized. |This situation may be dangerous, as the patient may go from functioning normally to unconscious within a short time. It is generally thought that if such a patient is allowed to maintain somewhat elevated blood sugar levels for several weeks, that the hypoglycemic unawareness may resolve.
Hypoparathyroidism
Parathyroid hormone insufficiency due to lack of secretion of the parathyroid gland.
Hypophilia
A condition or syndrome, variable in etiology and diagnosis, of being sexuoerotically substandard or deficient, particularly with respect to some aspect of genital functioning at the acceptive phase; impaired or deficient in sexual and genital responsiveness or frequency. The condition of being subnormal in sexual and genital responsiveness or frequency.
Hypophilic
Hypophilic refers to a person being sexuoerotically substandard or deficient.
Hypophosphataemic rickets
X-linked, vitamin D-resistant. May resemble ankylosing spondylitis.
Hypophysis
Pituitary gland.
Hypopituitarism
A generalized endocrine deficiency condition produced by failure, either partial or complete, of the pituitary gland to secrete its proper hormones. Failure after surgery for a pituitary tumor is usually complete. Idiopathic failure may be either complete or partial. In some instances, partial failure may involve chiefly the secretion of pituitary gonadotropins, the hormones that stimulate the ovaries or the testes to produce their own hormones.
Hypoplasia
Underdevelopment of a tissue or organ usually due to a decrease in the number of cells.
Hyposensitisation
See specific allergy vaccination.
Hyposensitization
To treat with frequent, small injections of an antigen to decrease the symptoms of an allergy to that antigen. Also called desensitization.
Hypospadias
A birth defect in the positioning of the urethral (urinary meatus) opening on the penis in males or into the vagina in females. In mild male hypospadias, the opening is only slightly displaced from the tip of the penis. In severe male hypospadias, the opening is in the female position, at the base of the scrotum, and the penis has an open gutter on its underside, instead of a covered urinary canal. A hypospadiac penis may be normal sized or small. 2. A birth defect in the male in which the urinary opening is on the underside of the shaft of the penis anywhere from the glans (first degree) to the perineum (third degree or penoscrotal hypospadias). A small penis with a severe degree of hypospadias is identical in appearance with an enlarged clitoris below which is a single opening or urogenital sinus leading to both the urethra and the vagina. Artificial hypospadias may occur as a sequel to an injury, as in a circumcision accident, or be self-inflicted.
Hypotension
Subnormal arterial blood pressure.
Hypothalamus
The portion of the brain's limbic system that integrates incoming information, and either increases or decreases the release of certain hormones that instruct the pituitary gland to release hormones.
Hypothermia
Low body temperature.
Hypothyroidism
Deficiency of thyroid hormone; the opposite of hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is in the throat, near the larynx or Adam's apple.
Hypotonia
Abnormally decreased tonicity, tension or strength; ocular hypotony refers to low intraocular pressure.
Hypotonicity
Diminished muscle tone; limp muscles.
Hypovolemia
A decreased amount of blood in the body.
Hypoxemia
Subnormal oxygenation of arterial blood, short of anoxia.
Hypoxia
Abnormal oxygen content in the organs and tissues of the body.
Hypoxyphilia
Asphyxiophilia [from Latin, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation + -philia].
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hydrotherapy
Physiotherapy in a heated pool.
Hydroxyapatite
Calcium hydroxyapatite. One form of calcification which may be associated with acute inflammation in soft tissue or a destructive arthropathy (Milwaukee shoulder).
Hydroxyproline
A collagen constituent. May serve as a surrogate for collagen breakdown when assessing bone turnover.
Hypermobility syndrome
Syndrome of arthralgia associated with joint hypermobility.
Hypophosphataemic rickets
X-linked, vitamin D-resistant. May resemble ankylosing spondylitis.
Hypophosphatasia
Hydergine
A cerebral metabolism activator.
Hygroton
An antihypertensive/long-term diuretic based in chlorthalidone.
HPV
HPV is an acronym for the Human Papilloma Virus, a virus which is known to cause warts. HPV has also been associated with various precancerous and malignant disorders. It is most common sexually transmitted infection, affecting about 80 percent of all adults at one time or another by the time they are 50. HPV is the name for a group of viruses that includes more than 100 types. About 30 percent are transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse or intimate skin-to-skin contact. Of these, most are considered "low-risk," which means they cannot cause cancer. However, about a dozen or so are "high risk," which means they can lead to cancer if they are not fought off by the immune system.
Hemianopia
A loss of one-half of the field of vision; for example, all of the right side of vision is gone. This is sometimes seen in older people with vascular problems, in certain types of brain tumors or after head trauma.
Hyperphoria
A tendency for one eye to drift upward. A vertical type of muscle imbalance between the eyes.
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