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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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In medicine, a physician who has finished medical school and internship and is now receiving training in a specialized area as, for example, surgery, internal medicine, pathology or radiology. Board certification in all medical and…
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Show more- Succumb To lose the will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that you first opposed. In the…
- Pancreatic carcinoma See: Pancreatic cancer
- Seizure, centrencephalic See: Grand mal
- Ordre des Medecins The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins. The French equivalent of the American Medical Association (the…
- Gynecology The branch of medicine particularly concerned with the health of the female organs of reproduction and…
- Vertebra, prominent The 7th cervical (neck) vertebra (C7) is sometimes called the prominent vertebra because of the length of its…
- Excisional biopsy A biopsy in which an entire biopsy in which an entire lesion, is removed. A excisional biopsy is in contrast…
- Sternutation Sneezing; the sound of sneezing. When we sneeze, air is expelled with force from the nose (and from the…
- Total hip replacement Total hip replacement: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Otoscope Instrument for looking in the ear. Today, otoscopic or ophthalmoscopic heads can usually be attached to the…
- Tongue, anterior See: Anterior tongue
- Vaginal fornix The anterior (front) and posterior (back) recesses into which the upper vagina is divided. These vaultlike…