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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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Quality of life
An important consideration in medical care, quality of life refers to the patient's ability to enjoy normal life activities. Some medical treatments can seriously impair quality of life without providing appreciable benefit, while others…
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- Anatripsis The use of friction as a treatment modality for a medical condition. Anatripsis may or may not also involve…
- Cancer, stomach Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second…
- Acute membranous gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Epistemic Cognitive. Pertaining to cognition, the process of knowing and, more precisely, the process of being aware…
- Hematologist A physician who is specially trained in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and…
- AP, X-ray An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). As opposed to a PA…
- Phosphorus An essential element in the diet and a major component of bone. Phosphorus is also found in the blood…
- Peripheral vascular disease Peripheral vascular disease: A disease of blood vessels outside the heart. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)…
- Son 1. Principally, a male offspring. 2. Also a male adopted child. 3. A term of address for a male. From the Old…
- Type 1 diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Clostridium perfringens A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as…