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Cirrhosis– Literally, “orange-yellow” in Greek. A degenerative disease of the liver that often develops in chronic alcoholics, but can have other causes. The name refers to the gross appearance of the organ. Portal hypertension– A potential complication of chronic alcoholism resulting in liver...
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3. One who abuses or is dependent upon alcohol. alcoholism (al′ko-hol-izm) Chronic alcohol abuse, dependence, or addiction; chronic excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages resulting in impairment of health and/or social or occupational functioning, and increasing adaptation to the effects of...
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2. Common terminology for the large (normal) pharyngeal tonsils of children. [G. aden, gland, + -eidos, resemblance] adenolipoma (ad′e-no-li-po′ma) A benign neoplasm composed of glandular and adipose tissues. [G. aden, gland, + lipos, fat, + -oma, tumor] adenolipomatosis (ad...
Consideration of diagnostically standardized terms provides other examples of terminology both reflecting and shaping conceptualization. For the most part, ‘craving’ has been a central concept in the field. It emphasizes the experience of the alcohol- or drug- addicted individual and focuses on inten...
for the leaflets and cusps of the valves; 2) providing origin and insertion for the myocardium; and 3) serving as a sort of electrical “insulator,” separating the electrically conducted impulses of the atria and ventricles and providing passage for the common atrioventricular bundle of conductive...
c. in which normal liver lobules are replaced by small regeneration nodules, sometimes containing fat, separated by a fairly regular framework of fine fibrous tissue strands (hob-nail liver); usually due to chronic alcoholism. Can cause severe impairment of liver function, portal hypertension with...