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This condition is known, medically, as anorexia nervosa (in the young person) and cachexia (in the elderly or infirm - such as someone with end-stage cancer).
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What is hypopotassium?
I myself am looking to see if there is indeed such a condition. Well, what I mean is that generally it is called hypokalemia. Hypo, meaning not enough, is exactly what this is talking about. Hypopotassium, if you ever indeed write it that way, is having too little or not enough potassium in the body where as hyper would be having too much. It is an important electrolyte in the body, and too much or too little can be a bad thing. However, it is generally called hypokalemia.
Maintenance of relatively stable conditions in the internal environment of the human body?
The state of having a stable internal condition is called homeostasis.
What response helps him maintain body condition what is this condition called?
Homeostasis.
What is the condition of the body called?
In physiology, a steady state is called homeostasis.
What does hypothermia and hypertermia mean?
Hypothermia: The condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low. Hyperthermia: The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature, typically one that is dangerously high.
Describes the condition of having deficient levels of oxygen in the body's tissues and organs?
hypoxia
What is a condition that effects the entire body called?
Anything that affects the entire body is called "Systemic" meaning the entire system.
What is the condition which arises when too little energy food is taken into the human body?
it is obesity
If you have a condition called bromidrosis what part of your body smells?
You have it all< it causes strong body odors
What is a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small harmful organisms within the body?
The condition is called as infective disease.
What does having sepsis do to the nails?
Sepsis is a condition that is caused by an infection and makes the whole body inflamed. Having sepsis may cause bruising under the nails.
What is the term for having to much sugar in your body?
Having an over abundance of sugar in your bloodstream is called Hyperglycemia.
