Dictionary of Medical Terms

The membrane partly or completely closing the opening to the vagina.

Characterized by greater-than-normal pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen is a therapeutic treatment designed to increase blood oxygen by delivering oxygen in a…

Excessive morning sickness.

High blood sugar.

A condition caused by the overexcretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in changes in the bone and an elevated level of…

Abnormally high blood pressure.

Overproduction of thyroid hormone.

Rapid or deep breathing producing faintness, numbness, chest pain, apprehension and tingling, and spasms of the extremities.

A sleep-like state induced by the suggestions of a hypnotist.

1. Having to do with hypnosis. 2. Causing sleep.

Abnormal anxiety about one’s health, often to the point of believing one is suffering from a serious disease.

Beneath the skin.

Low blood sugar.

Parathyroid hormone insufficiency due to lack of secretion of the parathyroid gland.

Deficient activity of the pituitary gland causing slowed growth in children, fatigue and decreased appetite in adults, and cessation of…

To treat with frequent, small injections of an antigen to decrease the symptoms of an allergy to that antigen. Also…

An abnormal opening of the urethra on the underside of the penis or into the vagina.

The portion of the brain responsible for temperature regulation and control of the pituitary gland.

Low body temperature.

A condition of low thyroid hormone production resulting in weight gain, hair loss, sluggishness and thickening of the skin.

An abnormal condition resulting from decreased availability of oxygen in the body tissues.