ORGANS
Large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile.
Liver
A high pitched or coarse whistling sound that's heard in the respiratory airway when one breathes.
A painful, burning feeling in the middle of your chest. It’s not really in your heart, though.
Agruras / acidez estomacal
A small tube designed to be inserted into a vessel or passageway to keep it open.
Endoprotesis
First secretion from the mammary glands after giving birth, rich in antibodies.
Colostrum
A 4-inch, pear-shaped organ that stores bile and releases it into the intestine.
Area of reddening of a person's skin, sometimes with raised spots, appearing especially because of allergy or illness.
Act of defecation.
Sounds during your heartbeat cycle, such as whooshing or swishing made by turbulent blood in or near your heart.
Heart murmur
It refers to how a baby attaches to his mother's breast to breastfeed.
To latch
A hollow organ that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.
Itchy, raised, red patches of skin caused by an allergic reaction, also called urticaria.
Hives
It means having hard, dry bowel movements or passing stool fewer than three times a week.
Constipation
It is form to stop excess bleeding from an injury, but it can also block blood flow within the body’s organs and cause serious consequences.
Blood clot
Medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells.
Jaundice
Two bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that remove waste products and excess fluid through the urine.
A foreign substance that’s not typically harmful to your body. They can include certain foods, pollen, or pet dander.
Allergen
Bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Sudden loss of blood flow resulting from the failure of the heart to pump effectively.
Occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk, usually happens when the breasts switch from colostrum to mature milk.
The largest organ of the lymphatic system that filters blood and stores red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells.
Spleen
Tiny flecks of skin shed by animals with fur or feathers that can cause allergic reactions in human beings.
Pet dander
Small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gallbladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts.
Chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood through to meet the body's needs for blood and oxygen.
Heart failure
Professional breastfeeding specialists trained to teach mothers how to feed their baby.
Lactation consultant