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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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Emergency birth control
See: Emergency contraception
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- Nephritis Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by…
- Amoxil See: Amoxicillin
- Adductor spasmodic dysphonia A disorder in which sudden muscle spasms cause the vocal folds (or vocal cords) to slam together. See…
- Virus, Nipah A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain…
- Thyroid binding globulin A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
- Hurricane supplies kit Hemolytic uremic syndrome.
- Leukemia, acute myelogenous Leukemia, acute myelogenous: Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic…
- Spondylitis Inflammation of one or more of the vertebrae of the spine. Diffuse inflammation of the spine is seen in the…
- Haploid A set of chromosomes containing only one member of each chromosome pair. The sperm and egg are haploid and…