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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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Show more- Lateral X-ray An X-ray picture taken from the side
- Cerebral vascular See: Cerebrovascular
- Cancer of the pancreas See: Pancreatic cancer
- Ventricles 1, The right ventricle and the left ventricle, the lower two chambers of the heart. 2. Two or more of the…
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Traction, orthopedic The use of a system of weights and pulleys to gradually change the position of a bone. It may be used in…
- McKusick-Kaufman syndrome A genetic disorder in which there is build-up of fluids (called hydrometrocolpos) in the vagina and the…
- Vaccine, Sabin polio See: Polio vaccine, oral
- Stat See: STAT
- Ear tubes Ear tubes: Formally known as tympanostomy tubes, ear tubes are small plastic tubes inserted into the eardrum…
- Fear of fur An abnormal and persistent fear of fur is called doraphobia. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals…
- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…