Environment
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Environment. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Environment.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Acid Rain - Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes...
Air - The mixture of gases present in the earth's atmosphere consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxid...
Air Movements - The motion of air currents....
Altitude - A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body....
Atmosphere - The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary,...
Cities - A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center....
Climate - The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6...
Cold Climate - A climate characterized by COLD TEMPERATURE for a majority of the time during the year....
Cold Temperature - An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm....
Confined Spaces - A space which has limited openings for entry and exit combined with unfavorable natural ventilation ...
Cosmic Dust - Finely divided solid matter with particle sizes smaller than a micrometeorite, thus with diameters m...
Desert Climate - A type of climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable plant life. It is a ...
Environment - The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development ...
Extraterrestrial Environment - The environment outside the earth or its atmosphere. The environment may refer to a closed cabin (su...
Fresh Water - Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and lakes....
Hot Springs - Habitat of hot water naturally heated by underlying geologic processes. Surface hot springs have bee...
Hot Temperature - Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm....
Humidity - A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air....
Ice - The solid substance formed by the FREEZING of water....
Ice Cover - A thick mass of ICE formed over large regions of land, RIVERS, lakes, ponds, or SEAWATER....
Infrared Rays - That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum usually sensed as heat. Infrared wavelengths are longer...
Microclimate - The climate of a very small area....
Noise - Any sound which is unwanted or interferes with HEARING other sounds....
Oceans and Seas - Geographic locations providing habitat for marine organisms....
Odors - The volatile portions of substances perceptible by the sense of smell. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dic...
Rain - Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Rivers - Large natural streams of FRESH WATER formed by converging tributaries and which empty into a body of...
Seasons - Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climat...
Seawater - The salinated water of OCEANS AND SEAS that provides habitat for marine organisms....
Snow - Frozen water crystals that fall from the ATMOSPHERE....
Soil - The loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow. (Webster, 3d ed)...
Sunlight - Irradiation directly from the sun....
Temperature - The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct th...
Tropical Climate - A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high tempe...
Ultraviolet Rays - That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum immediately below the visible range and extending into ...
Weather - The state of the ATMOSPHERE over minutes to months....
Wetlands - Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic sys...
Wilderness - Environment un-modified by human activity. Areas in which natural processes operate without human in...
Wind - The motion of air relative to the earth's surface....
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
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.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
