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hypochondriac
Abnormal anxiety about one’s health, often to the point of believing one is suffering from a serious disease.
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hypnotic
1. Having to do with hypnosis. 2. Causing sleep.
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hypnosis
A sleep-like state induced by the suggestions of a hypnotist.
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hyperventilation
Rapid or deep breathing producing faintness, numbness, chest pain, apprehension and tingling, and spasms of the extremities.
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hyperthyroidism
Overproduction of thyroid hormone.
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hypertension
Abnormally high blood pressure.
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hyperparathyroidism
A condition caused by the overexcretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in changes in the bone and an elevated level of…
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hyperglycemic
High blood sugar.
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hyperemesis gravidarum
Excessive morning sickness.
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hyperbaric
Characterized by greater-than-normal pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen is a therapeutic treatment designed to increase blood oxygen by delivering oxygen in a…
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hymen
The membrane partly or completely closing the opening to the vagina.
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hygiene
The science of health and its maintenance.
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hydrocephalus
An enlargement of the head caused by the buildup of fluid within the ventricles of the brain. Also called “water…
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