dependent edema
1dependent edema — edema affecting most seriously the lowest (most dependent) parts of the body …
2dependent — de·pen·dent di pen dənt adj 1) unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another 2) affected with a drug dependence 3) affecting the lower part of the body and esp. the legs… …
3Edema — Not to be confused with Adema. Dropsy redirects here. For other uses, see Dropsy (disambiguation). Edema DiseasesDB = 9148 ICD 10 R …
4Edema — The swelling of soft tissues as a result of excess water accumulation. Edema is often more prominent in the lower legs and feet toward the end of the day as a result of pooling of fluid from the upright position maintained during the day. Upon… …
5generalized edema — edema that is caused by poor venous return and is not localized by the effects of gravity, in contrast to dependent edema …
6failure — The state of insufficiency or nonperformance. backward heart f. a concept (formerly considered mutually exclusive with forward heart f.) that maintains that the phenomena of congestive heart f. result from passive engorgement of the veins caused… …
7Burn — This article is about the injury. For other uses, see Burn (disambiguation). Burn Classification and external resources Second degree burn of the hand ICD 10 T …
8equine babesiosis — n a babesiosis that affects horses and related equines (as mules, donkeys, and zebras), is caused by two protozoans of the genus Babesia (B. caballi and B. equi) which parasitize red blood cells, is transmitted by ticks and esp. the tropical… …
9cirrhosis — Endstage liver disease characterized by diffuse damage to hepatic parenchymal cells, with nodular regeneration, fibrosis, and disturbance of normal architecture; associated with failure in the function …
10syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …