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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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Show more- Tobacco A South American herb, formally known as Nicotiana tabacum, whose leaves contain 2-8% nicotine and serve as…
- Gullet The esophagus. The words esophagus and gullet differ in origin. Esophagus comes from the Greek whereas gullet…
- Reaction, desmoplastic This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- TSC2 The tuberous sclerosis 2 gene. The product of the TSC2 gene is a protein called tuberin. This protein…
- Arthritis Arthritis: Inflammation of a joint. When joints are inflamed they can develop stiffness, warmth, swelling…
- Disease, sleeping See: Sleeping disease
- Syndrome, prune belly Partial or complete absence of the abdominal muscles so that the outlines of the intestines are visible…
- Clitorectomy A surgical procedure in which all or part of the clitoris and sometimes also the labia are removed…
- Allergic vasculitis Vasculitis: A disease (also more commonly called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of…
- Mammary gland One of the two half-moon-shaped glands on either side of the adult female chest, which with fatty tissue and…
- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- Disease, Norwalk Disease due to Norwalk virus, not one but a family of small round viruses that are an important cause of…