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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- Syndrome, dengue shock A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Defect, atrial septal (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- Rh factor An antigen found in the red blood cells of most people: those who have Rh factor are said to be Rh positive…
- Brain tumor El ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Brain tumor Main…
- Pubarche Just as menarche means the time when menstruation begins, pubarche indicates when pubic hair begins.
- Involuntary smoking The involuntary inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- PELD Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease. A disease severity scoring system for children under 18 years of age…
- Cryosurgery Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue. See also cryotherapy.
- Assignment of benefits An arrangement by which a patient requests that their health benefit payments be made directly to a…
- Wet lung See: ARDS
- Ship fever An old name for epidemic typhus, which was common in the crowded conditions aboard ship. Ship Fever and Other…
- Ciguatoxin A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms…