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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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Whitmore's disease
An infectious illness, also called melioidosis, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and is caused by a bacteria called 'Pseudomonas pseudomallei' found in soil, rice paddies and stagnant waters. Humans catch the…
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- Labra The plural of labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint)…
- Acromion The projection of the scapula (the shoulder blade) that forms the point of the shoulder. The acromion is part…
- Arginine An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks in protein. Arginine is not an…
- Recent memory Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- NICU Newborn, or Neonatal, Intensive Care Unit, an intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn…
- Shock, toxic See Syndrome, toxic shock.
- Health physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Beard ringworm Ringworm: A superficial fungal infection of the skin, affecting the bearded area of the face and neck, with…
- Delivery, vertex In a vertex delivery, the top of the baby's head comes first. The vertex here refers to the top of the head…
- Constrictive pericarditis Scarring of the pericardial sac. This limits the ability of the heart to function because it cannot expand…
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the…