Inflammation+of+the+heart
101endomyocarditis — Inflammation of both endocardium and myocardium; endemic in East Africa. * * * n. an acute or chronic inflammatory disorder of the muscle and lining membrane of the heart. When the membrane surrounding the heart (pericardium) is also involved the …
102Atkins diet — The Atkins diet, officially called the Atkins Nutritional Approach, is a low carbohydrate diet created by Robert Atkins from a research paper he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association published by Gordon Azar and Walter Lyons… …
103Vitamins — The word vitamin was coined in 1911 by the Warsaw born biochemist Casimir Funk (1884 1967). At the Lister Institute in London, Funk isolated a substance that prevented nerve inflammation (neuritis) in chickens raised on a diet deficient in that… …
104endarteritis — Inflammation of the intima of an artery. SYN: endoarteritis. bacterial e. implantation and growth of bacteria with formation of vegetations on the arterial wall, such as may occur in a …
105Health effects of coffee — The health effects of coffee have been studied to determine how coffee drinking affects humans. Coffee contains several compounds which are known to affect human body chemistry. The coffee bean itself contains chemicals which are mild… …
106Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) — The sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke. Symptoms of a stroke depend on the area of the brain… …
107CVA (cerebrovascular accident) — The sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is a stroke. Symptoms of a stroke depend on the area of the brain affected. The most… …
108State (theology) — The term state is used in various senses by Catholic theologians and spiritual writers. It may be taken to signify a profession or calling in life, as where St. Paul says, in I Corinthians 7:20: Let every man abide in the same calling in which he …
109Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …
110myoendocarditis — Inflammation of the muscular wall and lining membrane of the heart. [myo + G. endon, within, + kardia, heart, + itis, inflammation] * * * myo·en·do·car·di·tis (mi″o en″do kahr diґtis) [myo + endocarditis] combined myocarditis and… …
