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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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Ordre des Medecins
The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins. The French equivalent of the American Medical Association (the AMA)
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- HER2 Abbreviation for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. HER2 is expressed by, and involved in the growth…
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the…
- Turgor Gree of elasticity of skin, sometimes referred to as skin turgor. The assessment of skin turgor is used…
- Reflex A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The…
- Deformity, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Pump-oxygenator A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Funnel chest (pectus excavatum) 'Caved-in' chest. Usually an unimportant isolated finding evident at birth. (Funnel chest can occasionally be…
- Prostatitis, chronic bacterial Prostatitis, chronic bacterial: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a…
- Lay midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor See: Cox-2 inhibitor