See Also: DVT (deep vein thrombosis)(health)
deep vein thrombosis(dictionary)
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)(health)
deep vein thrombosis(medicine)
Deep vein thrombosis(health)
deep venous thrombosis(medicine)
hepatic vein thrombosis(medicine)
deep vein of penis(medicine)
deep epigastric vein(medicine)
deep lingual vein(medicine)

DVT (deep vein thrombosis) (health) and aril (sh)


DVT (deep vein thrombosis) (health)


Blood clotting in the veins of the inner thigh or leg. In air Travel, DVT is the "economy-class syndrome." Even in young, Health travelers the long stretches immobilized in cramped seats in cabins with very low humidity set the stage for the formation of a thrombus (blood clot) in the lower leg. Blood clots can break off (as emboli) and makes their way to the lung where they have the potential of causing respiratory distress and respiratory failure.





aril (sh)




Special covering of certain seeds that commonly develops from the seed stalk.

It is often a bright-coloured fleshy envelope, as in such woody plants as the yews and nutmeg and in members of the arrowroot family, oxalis, and the castor-oil plant. Animals are attracted to arils and eat the seeds, dispersing them in their wastes. The aril of nutmeg is the source of the spice known as mace.