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The following medical terms have been bookmarked on the webpage at this page  (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-nosebleeds/HQ00105).

Epistaxis -- Bleeding from the nose.

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Epistaxis -- Bleeding from the nose.

Hypertensive disease -- Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Decompression Sickness -- A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.

Blood Clot -- An aggregation of blood factors, primarily platelets and fibrin with entrapment of cellular elements, frequently causing vascular obstruction at the point of its formation.

Laser-Induced Fluorescence Endoscopy --

Congenital webbing --


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