hypermetabolism

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hypermetabolism [¦hī·pər·mə′tab·ə‚liz·əm]

(medicine)

Any state in which there is an increase in basal metabolic rate.

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No references found			29, 30) The use of PET-CT for anatomic correlation of regions of hypermetabolism has not been evaluated, and areas of contrast enhancement on CT correlated with PET may improve specificity. Cardiac and neurological PET-CT applications by Costouros, Nick G.; Hawkins, Randall A. / Applied Radiology 2) [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The hypermetabolism that is present in patients with COPD may be caused by the liberation of inflammatory mediators, such as TNF-[alpha] and interleukin-1[beta]. The extrapulmonary manifestations of COPD may not always be obvious by Smith, Clifford / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD Causes of weight loss include anorexia, cachexia, rheumatoid cachexia, sarcopenia, malabsorption, hypermetabolism, and dehydration. Simpler frailty assessment recommended for nursing homes by Brunk, Doug / Clinical Psychiatry News			Hypergolic Propellant hypergraphic Hyperhidrosis Hypericaceae Hyperiidea hyperimmune antibody hyperimmune serum Hyperinhibition hyperinsulinism Hyperion hyperkalemia Hyperkeratosis Hyperkinesia hyperleptene hyperleptinemia hyperleptoprosopic hyperleptorrhine hyperlink hyperlipemia hyperlocal hypermakroskelic hypermarket Hypermastigida hypermedia hypermenorrhea hypermetabolism hypermetamorphism Hypermetamorphosis hypermetropia Hypermnestra Hypermorphosis hypermotility hypernatremia Hypernephroma HyperNeWS Hypernuclei Hypernucleus Hyperoartii hyperoid axle hyperon Hyperons hyperopia hyperorthognathous hyperosmia hyperostosis Hyperotreti hyperoxemia HyperPAD hyperparasite Hyperparathyroidism hyperpathia			HYPERMEDATA hypermedia hypermedia Hypermedia As the Engine of Application State Hypermedia Assistant for Cancer Pain Management Hypermedia Computer Mediated Environment Hypermedia Design Methodology Hypermedia Development Hypermedia en Protection des Plantes Hypermedia Geographical Information Systems Hypermedia Image Processing Reference Hypermedia Indexing Schema Hypermedia Management Protocol Hypermedia Management Schema Hypermedia Presentation and Authoring System Hypermedia Presentations of Integrated Medical Data Hypermedia Research Centre Hypermedia Research Unit Hypermedia Synchronization Language hypermedia system Hypermedia Time Based Structuring Language Hypermedial User Interface hypermelanosis hypermenorrhea hypermenorrhea hypermenorrhea hypermetabolic state hypermetabolism Hypermetamorphic Hypermetamorphic hypermetamorphism Hypermetamorphosis Hypermetamorphosis hypermetaplasia hypermeter Hypermethylated in Cancer 1 hypermetria hypermetric hypermetrical Hypermetrical verse hypermetrope hypermetrope hypermetropia hypermetropia hypermetropia hypermetropic hypermetropic hypermetropic hypermetropic astigmatism hypermetropic astigmatism hypermetropic astigmatism hypermetropical hypermetropical hypermetropical hypermetropy hypermetropy hypermetropy hypermineralized primer

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