Medications

Habitus: The physique or body build. Also the posture. For example, corticosteroid therapy can produce a characteristic cushingoid habitus with a moon face, "buffalo hump" at the back of the neck, and obesity of the trunk. From the Latin for "condi...

HAART - Medical

HAART: Stands for highly active antiretroviral therapy. Treatment with a very potent drug "cocktail" to suppress the growth of HIV, the retrovirus responsible for AIDS.Last Editorial Review: 7/11/2001 7:00:00 AM HIV: Acronym for the Human Immunode...

H5N1 influenza - Medical

H5N1 influenza: An influenza A virus subtype that occurs mainly in birds, is highly contagious among birds, and can be deadly to them. Outbreaks of avian influenza H5N1 occurred among poultry in eight countries in Asia during late 2003 and ear...

H. sapiens - Medical

H. sapiens: See: Homo sapiens.Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2004 Homo sapiens: The primate species of mammal to which modern humans belong. Homo sapiens is Latin for knowing man or wise man. Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2004...

H. heilmannii - Medical

H. heilmannii: Abbreviation for Helicobacter heilmannii, a bacteria that infects most cats, dogs and pigs and, in them, causes stomach inflammation (gastritis). H. heilmannii is not usually transmitted from animals to people. But people who...

H. flu immunization - Medical

H. flu immunization: This immunization is designed to prevent disease due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu), specifically Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB). The HIB bacteria is responsible for a range of serious "invasive" diseases incl...

H. flu genome - Medical

H. flu genome: The total genetic complement of the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu). This bacterial genome was the first in an independent organism to be sequenced and assembled. The H. flu genome contains 1.8 million base pairs and is est...

H. flu - Medical

H. flu: Haemophilus influenzae type B. Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Haemophilus influenzae type B: Abbreviated as HIB, a bacterium capable of causing a range of diseases including ear infections, cellulitis (soft tissue infectio...

H. floresiensis - Medical

H. floresiensis: See: Homo floresiensis. Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2004 Homo floresiensis: A human-like species who lived until 18,000 years ago in the company of giant Komodo lizards and now-extinct pygmy elephants on the isolated island of Flo...

H. erectus - Medical

H. erectus: See: Homo erectus.Last Editorial Review: 10/30/2004 Homo erectus: A primate believed to have been an extinct ancestor of modern humans being (Homo sapiens). Known to have been tall (average 1.78 m or 5 feet, 10 inches), erect stature, sm...

H and P - Medical

H and P: In common doctor language, H stands for history and P for physical. So H and P = the history and physical, the medical history and the physical examination of the patient. The H and P are thus the initial clinical evaluation and examination ...

H and H - Medical

H and H: H and H, sometimes written as "H&H", is a popular shorthand for hemoglobin and hematocrit, two very common and important blood tests. Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein pigment in the blood, specifically in the red blood cells. In th...

H (drug caution code) - Medical

H (drug caution code): Abbreviation standing for habitforming on a medication that indicates caution because the medication may cause addictive. While not a part of the historical heritage of ancient prescription abbreviations, drug caution codes pr...

H - Medical

H: Symbol for hydrogen.Last Editorial Review: 2/6/2004 Hydrogen: The most plentiful element in the universe and one present in all organic compounds. Hydrogen is a gas with an atomic number of 1 and the symbol H. Two isotopes of hydrogen -- deuter...

Gyrus, lingual - Medical

Gyrus, lingual: See: Lingual gyrus. Last Editorial Review: 9/22/2004 Lingual gyrus: An area in the occipital lobe, the visual processing center in the brain. The lingual gyrus extends to the temporal lobe of the brain. A stroke damaging the lingu...

Gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis - Medical

Gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis: See: Lingual gyrus. Last Editorial Review: 9/22/2004 Lingual gyrus: An area in the occipital lobe, the visual processing center in the brain. The lingual gyrus extends to the temporal lobe of the brain. A stroke...

Gyrus lingualis - Medical

Gyrus lingualis: See: Lingual gyrus. Last Editorial Review: 9/22/2004 Lingual gyrus: An area in the occipital lobe, the visual processing center in the brain. The lingual gyrus extends to the temporal lobe of the brain. A stroke damaging the ling...

Gyrus - Medical

Gyrus: A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The gyri are bounded by crevices in the cortex called sulci. Many gyri are constant enough in their occurrence as anatomic features that they...

Gyri - Medical

Gyri: The plural of gyrus.Last Editorial Review: 4/24/2004...

Gyno- - Medical

Gyno-: Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Last Editorial Review: 11/16/2003...

Gynephobia - Medical

Gynephobia: An abnormal, irrational and persistent fear of women. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they face no threat. "Gynephobia" is derived from the Greek "gyne" (woman) and "phobos" (fear). Alternate spelling: "gynaep...

Gynecomastia - Medical

Gynecomastia: Excessive development of the male breasts. Temporary enlargement of the breasts is not unusual or abnormal in boys during adolescence or during recovery from malnutrition. Gynecomastia may be abnormal as, for example, in Klinefelter'...

Gynecology - Medical

Gynecology: The branch of medicine particularly concerned with the health of the female organs of reproduction and diseases thereof. The word "gynecology" comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so gynecology ...

Gynecologist - Medical

Gynecologist: A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word "gynecologist" comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so a gynecologist is literally a student of women, ...

Gynecoid pelvis - Medical

Gynecoid pelvis: The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore its shape. Gynecoid means like a woman, womanly, female. The gynecoid pelvis is more delicate, wider and not as high as...

Gynecoid obesity - Medical

Gynecoid obesity: A fat distribution generally characteristic of that of a woman, around the hips, etc. Gynecoid means like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-, gyno-, gyn-, and gyne...

Gynecoid - Medical

Gynecoid: Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-, gyno-, gyn-, and gyne- are combining forms meaning woman. For example: Gynecoid obesity: Fat distribution in a female fashion. ...

Gyneco- - Medical

Gyneco-: Combining form pertaining to women, as in gynecoid. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Last Editorial Review: 11/16/2003 Gynecoid: Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos me...

Gyne- - Medical

Gyne-: Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Last Editorial Review: 11/16/2003...

GYN - Medical

GYN: Short for gynecology and gynecologist. A gynecologist is a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word "gynecology" comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so...