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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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CARDIA Study
Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA). A study designed to increase understanding of contributors to changes in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors during the critical years of transition from adolescence through…
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Show more- Dysgraphia A specific developmental disability that affects the person's ability to write. Problems may include…
- Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive Igestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- BF Abbreviation for 'black female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Epicondylitis Epicondylitis is an inflammation or damage to the area of an epicondyle of bone. An epicondyle is a…
- HHV-1 Human herpesvirus 1. A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here…
- Anthophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they face…
- Phenotype, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Complete hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a total hysterectomy.
- Diffuse degeneration of gray matter with cirrhosis Ic cirrhosis, Alpers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness)…
- Association, VATER See: VATER association
- Bullae More than one bulla, a bulla being a blister more than 5 mm (about 3/16 inch) in diameter with thin walls…
- Sixth cranial nerve The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle…