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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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Health care proxy
A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the event that a person should become unable to make medical…
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Show more- Endometrial ablation Removal of the lining of the womb. Removing the uterine lining decreases menstrual flow or stops it…
- Compression 1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression…
- GB virus C A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not…
- Disease, hyaline membrane Respiratory disease of the newborn, especially the premature infant, in which a membrane composed of proteins…
- Phalanx Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (Plural: phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the…
- Spanish flu A pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) in 1918-19 that caused the highest number of known flu deaths. More than…
- Intrahepatic Within the liver.
- Disease, maple syrup urine See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis.
- Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody See: Citrulline antibody
- Cardiomyopathy, doxorubicin See: Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy
- Valve, bicuspid One of the four valves of the heart, this one is situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It…
- APA 1. American Psychiatric Association. 2. American Psychological Association. 3. American Podiatry Association…