Blood-poisoning

  • 101Low blood pressure — Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Low blood pressure is also referred to as hypotension. Low blood pressure is a relative term because the blood pressure normally varies greatly with… …

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  • 102Pressure, low blood — Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Low blood pressure is also referred to as hypotension. Low blood pressure is a relative term because the blood pressure normally varies greatly with… …

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  • 103Gertrude Elizabeth Blood — or Lady Colin Campbell (3 May 1857 Dublin 1 Nov 1911 London) [ [http://bloodfamilytree.com/blood brickhill.php Andieweb Genealogy South Australian Pioneer Families ] ] was an Irish born author, playwright, columnist, editor and socialite, who was …

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  • 104carbon monoxide poisoning — ▪ medicine       often fatal condition resulting from inhalation of carbon monoxide, frequently occurring in association with inhalation of smoke or automobile exhaust. Hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying substance in blood, has a much greater… …

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  • 105ciguatera poisoning — a poisoning resulting from eating ciguatoxic fishes (or sometimes algae or invertebrates), with tens of thousands of cases each year. Symptoms 3 5 hours after ingestion usually include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhoea, and… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 106Alcohol poisoning — A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short period of time. The toxicity is related to the blood level of the alcohol. The individual may become extremely disoriented, unresponsive or …

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  • 107trinitrotoluene poisoning — a form of poisoning in munition workers that work with trinitrotoluene, characterized by dermatitis, gastritis with abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, flatulence, and blood changes. Called also TNT p …

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  • 108carbon monoxide poisoning — UK / US noun [uncountable] medical a serious condition in which someone breathes in a lot of carbon monoxide so that their blood cannot carry oxygen around their body, and they quickly die …

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  • 109septicemia —  Blood poisoning …

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  • 110toxemia —  Blood poisoning …

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