Category: Medical

English (en) Aorta The largest artery in the body – arising out of the left ventricle of the heart, arching leftwards and backwards though the chest to lie alongside the backbone. It exits the chest through a gap in the diaphragm muscle and continues along the spine until it splits into the two common iliac...

English (en) Anuria Failure to produce urine, generally due to kidney failure. Production of an abnormally low volume of urine is termed oliguria. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Uraemia Yorùbá (yo) Ìsétọ̀ Decomposition: Inability to urinate. Àìlètọ̀ Decomposition: Inability to produce urine.  

English (en) Anti-rejection therapy The use of certain drugs after transplantation to prevent rejection of the transplanted organ. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) Yorùbá (yo) Adágbóguntàrùnlọ́wọ́ Decomposition: Egbòogi tí ó ń dí agbara-sílẹ̀-lọ́wọ́-àrùn lọ́wọ́ láti má gbógun ti ẹ̀yà ara àlẹ̀gbín. Drugs that stop the immune system from attacking transplanted...

English (en) Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) Also known as vasopressin, a chemical hormone produced by the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. One of its effects is to inhibit the production of urine by stimulating the kidney tubules to reabsorb\some of the water otherwise destined to be passed as urine. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related...

English (en) Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) The hip bones located towards the front of the body. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Iliac fossa Yorùbá (yo) Eegun ṣóńṣó ẹ̀gbẹ́ ìbàdí Decomposition: Egungun tí ó rí ṣóńṣó ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ ìbàdí (ní abẹ́ ikùn).  

English (en) Antecubital fossa The triangular cavity at the front of the elbow that contains a tendon of the biceps muscle, the median nerve and the brachial artery. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Neuromuscular Yorùbá (yo) Ihò ìṣẹ́po-apá Decomposition: Ihò tí ó máa ń wà ní ibi tí apá ti máa ń ṣẹ́ po...

English (en) Anoxia An extreme form of hypoxia or "low oxygen". Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Hypoxia Yorùbá (yo) Ìṣòro àìlèmí paraku Decomposition: Extremely low oxygen. Àìtó-òyì-iná Decomposition: Àìtó-òyì-iná dé inú ara. Oxygen was called òyì-iná by Fákinlédè,  

English (en) Angiography A medical imaging technique using an intravenous dye to visualize the inside, or lumen, of arteries, veins or heart. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Fluoroscopy, Radiography Yorùbá (yo) Atiṣanwonúara Decomposition: Irú àyẹ̀wò inú ara láti inú iṣan. Checking inside the body through the veins. Àwòránàtinúuṣanyà Decomposition: Àwòrán ìṣàyẹ̀wò inú ara tí...

English (en) Anatomical Pertaining to anatomy or to the structure of the body. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Fluoroscopy Yorùbá (yo) Ajẹmétò ara Decomposition: Tí ó jẹmọ́ ètò ara. Ajẹmétò ìpín ara Decomposition: Ohun tí ó ní í ṣe pẹ̀lú ètò ìpín ara ẹ̀dá ọmọ-ènìyàn.  

English (en) Anastomosis The surgical connection of two structures, e.g. connections between blood vessels or between other tubular structures such as intestine. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Surgery Yorùbá (yo) Ìfabẹṣàsopọ̀ Decomposition: Fífi iṣẹ́ abẹ ṣe àsopọ̀ àwọn ètò inú ara méjì. Àmúsopapọ̀ètòara Decomposition: Mímú àwọn ètò ara méjì so mọ́ ara wọn láti...