Cardiovascular & Circulatory System Diseases, THR-YEL

Cardiovascular diseases affect the heart and blood vessels and can be congenital or acquired. Atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation are major examples of this type of disease.
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thrombocytopathy
thrombocytopathy, any of several blood disorders characterized by dysfunctional platelets (thrombocytes), which......
thrombocytopenia
thrombocytopenia, abnormally low number of platelets (thrombocytes) in the circulation. Normal platelet counts......
thrombophlebitis
thrombophlebitis, inflammation of a vein coupled with formation of a blood clot (thrombus) that adheres to the......
thrombosis
thrombosis, formation of a blood clot in the heart or in a blood vessel. Factors that play a role in the formation......
varicose vein
varicose vein, vein that is twisted and distended with blood. The term varix is also used for similar abnormalities......
ventricular fibrillation
ventricular fibrillation, a type of arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) characterized by the irregular and uncoordinated......
ventricular septal defect
ventricular septal defect, opening in the partition between the two ventricles, or lower chambers, of the heart.......
viral hemorrhagic fever
viral hemorrhagic fever, any of a variety of highly fatal viral diseases that are characterized by massive external......
von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease, inherited blood disorder characterized by a prolonged bleeding time and a deficiency of......
yellow fever
yellow fever, acute infectious disease, one of the great epidemic diseases of the tropical world, though it sometimes......

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