Glossary

(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Attention disorder with or without hyperactivity.

(Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Acquired immunodeficiency due to a chronic infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Acute occurrence of insufficient oxygen supply to the heart (heart attack).

Allergic disease of the nasal mucosa with sneezing attacks, runny nose, blocked nose, itching. Found mainly in those allergic to pollen, house dust, animal hairs and fungi.

Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic, non-infectious disease of the brain in which nerve cells die off slowly but steadily.

Complex of symptoms, usually associated with chest pains, as a result of lack of oxygen in heart muscle. A consequence of narrowed coronary arteries due to arteriosclerosis.

Describes the administration of a drug to inhibit blood coagulation.

A systemic disease of the arteries that leads to deposits of blood fats, clots, connective tissue and calcium carbonate in the vessel walls (arteriosclerosis).