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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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Deafness
Deafness: Deafness is defined by partial or complete hearing loss. Levels of hearing impairment vary from a mild but important loss of sensitivity to a total loss of hearing. Older adults suffer most often from hearing loss. Age-related…
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- Cruciate Cross-shaped. 'Cruciate' comes from the Latin 'crux' which means 'cross'. (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Factitious disorder by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Gynecoid obesity A fat distribution generally characteristic of that of a woman, around the hips, etc. Gynecoid means like a…
- Radiculopathy, lumbar See Lumbar radiculopathy
- Asplenic Pertaining to asplenia, the state of being without a spleen or without a functional spleen. The spleen can be…
- Hormone A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or…
- Eosinophilia An abnormally high number of eosinophils in the blood. Normally, eosinophils constitute 1 to 3% of the…
- Velpeau hernia Hernia: A hernia in the groin in front of the femoral blood vessels. A hernia ('rupture') is a protrusion of…
- Medicine, adoption Medicine for the adopted child, including pre-adoption counseling and evaluation based on a child's medical…
- Rhinitis Irritation of the nose. Derived from the Greek word rhinos meaning of the nose
- Clavicle The bone extending from the breastbone (sternum) at the base of the front of the neck to the shoulder