A previous study from our group identified an association between bilateral leg edema and pulmonary hypertension, with many of the subjects with pulmonary hypertension having no evidence of cardiac or pulmonary disease.
Hiccough definition, a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound. See more. Dictionary.com
A coccobacillus (plural coccobacilli) is a type of rod-shaped bacteria. The word coccobacillus reflects an intermediate shape between coccus (spherical) and bacillus (elongated). Coccobacilli rods are so short and wide that they resemble cocci. Haemophilus influenzae and Chlamydia trachomatis are coccobacilli.