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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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- Beta-defensin See: Defensin
- NvCJD New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine…
- Penis, hypospadias of the Birth defect of the penis involving the urethra (the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge…
- Herbalism The practice of making or prescribing herbal remedies for medical conditions. Practitioners of herbalism may…
- Score, Apgar A practical method to assess a newborn infant, the Apgar score is a number arrived at by scoring the heart…
- Antero- Prefix signifying before, earlier, front. From the Latin anterior meaning before
- Diagnostic mammogram An X-ray of the breast done to evaluate: > >Abnormalities seen or suspected on a prior screening mammogram…
- Brain tumor El ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Brain tumor Main…
- Radius In anatomy, the radius is the smaller of the two bones on the thumb side of the forearm. (The bigger one is…
- Off-pump CABG A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) done without putting the patient on the heart-lung machine. Off-pump…
- Colpoptosis A condition in which the vagina has dropped from its normal position against the abdominal wall