Term | Definition |
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ICU |
Intensive Care Unit in a hospital. |
Immunology |
Branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system. |
Impulsiveness |
Acting out apparently without thinking of the consequences. |
Indigestion |
Abdominal discomfort -- possibly including belching, heartburn, a feeling of fullness, bloating, and nausea. |
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn |
Incurable chronic diseases of the intestinal tract. The two diseases are often grouped together as inflammatory bowel disease with similar symptoms. The most common symptoms of (IBD) include, but are not limited to Abdominal pain, Weight loss, Fever, Rectal bleeding, Skin and eye irritations, Diarrhea. |
Insulin |
Hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle |
Intellectual disability |
(formerly Mental Retardation disorder characterized by impaired brain functioning and deficits in behaviors such as learning and language. |
Intercranial Calcification |
Calcium deposits in the brain. |
Intractable seizure |
Seizure that cannot be controlled with medication. |
Intravenous antibiotics |
Antibiotics administered into the patient's vein. |
Inversion |
Turned upside down or reverse; when a segment of a chromosome is reversed end-to-end. |
Ipsilateral |
On the same side. |
IPV vaccine |
(Inactivated poliovirus) vaccine helps prevent polio. It's injected 4 times over a number of years. It has replaced the older oral polio vaccine. Polio can cause muscle pain and paralysis of one or both legs or arms. It may also paralyze the muscles used to breathe and swallow. It can lead to death. |
Irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) |
Overactive intestinal tract manifested by cramping, diarrhea and occasional constipation. |
Ischemia |
Local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to obstruction of the circulation to a part. |
Ischemic stroke |
The sudden onset of a neurologic deficit attributable to a vascular cause. |