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Medical vocabulary with 16,436 clear, complete and reliable definitions.
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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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- PON The symbol for the enzyme called paraoxonase
- Prepuce The fold of skin that covers the head of the penis. Also known as the foreskin. Only about 1 in every 20 boys…
- Vaccination, hepatitis B Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half year are usually…
- Massage The manipulation of muscle and connective tissue to enhance the function of those tissues and promote…
- Turbinate A bone shaped like a top. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is…
- Psychiatric Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the prevention…
- Oral candidiasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by the fungus Candida albicans; also known as thrush. Yeast…
- Carotid endarterectomy Endarterectomy (a surgical procedure designed to clean out material occluding an artery) done on the carotid…
- Biological therapy Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight…
- Hypnic headache A relatively rare form of headache disorder in which the patient is awakened from sleep nightly, usually…
- Human Genome Organisation The international organization of scientists involved in the Human Genome Project, the global initiative to…