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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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Show more- Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant A variant of tuberculosis (TB) that is not affected by one or more of the antibiotics normally used to treat…
- Coxa vara Inward curvature of the hip. Malformation of the hip at birth, such as coxa vara, can increase one's risk for…
- Allergy skin test Allergy skin test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering…
- Macular cyst A hole in the macula, the tiny oval area made up of millions of nerve cells located at the center of the…
- Hidrosis Sweating, the production of perspiration. Hidrosis is the Greek word for sweating
- Recurrence risk In medical genetics, the recurrence risk is the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in the…
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Tinea incognito Tinea corporis, a common fungal infection of the skin, better known as ringworm, whose appearance has been…
- Directed DNA sequencing Successively sequencing DNA from adjacent stretches of a chromosome
- Charley horse A cramp in a muscle in the leg, usually caused by a strain or injury. A charley horse can last anywhere from…
- Glans penis, inflammation of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Midwife assistant A person who assists a midwife with prenatal care, childbirth education, delivery, and post-natal care. Also…