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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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- Rectum The last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through…
- Bekam Malay name for the practice of cupping. See: Cupping
- WM Abbreviation for 'white male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Achromatopsia An hereditary disorder of sight due to a lack of cone vision - that type of vision provided by the cone…
- Hemostasis, genetics of Inherited factors that play a role in hemostasis, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel. There is…
- Hypnos The Greek and Roman god of sleep. From his name is derived the term hypnosis. Hypnos was the twin of…
- MSTN The gene for myostatin
- Quack 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease…
- Plano- Flat. A lens that is planoconvex is flat on one side and convex on the other
- Dracunculiasis A parasitic disease caused by the largest parasite that plagues people and bores into their tissues -- the…