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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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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public health trends. The stated mission of the CDC is 'To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease…
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- Major A major may be an officer in the military but, in a larger sense, it can be anything that is more than…
- Bariatrician A physician practicing bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss. Also called a bariatric…
- Intestine, small The tubelike organ that receives the products of digestion from the stomach. It has three parts, the…
- Absolute neutrophil count The real number of white blood cells (WBCs) that are neutrophils. The absolute neutrophil count is commonly…
- Attenuated Weakened, diluted, thinned, reduced, weakened, diminished. The use of 'attenuated' in medicine is not new. In…
- Actinic Referring to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight and UV lamps. Sunburn is an actinic burn. An actinic…
- Blood pressure The blood pressure is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. It is produced primarily by the…
- Inheritance, multifactorial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Gland, mammary One of the glands within the breast that secrete milk when prompted to do so by special hormones. Mammary…
- Fever, shin bone Fever, shin bone: Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs…
- Cyclooxygenase-1 See: Cox-1