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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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- Mucositis Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract from the mouth on down to the anus. Mucositis…
- Legal medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Synesthete A person with synesthesia, a condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may…
- Therapy, interpersonal See: Interpersonal therapy
- Seizure, focal motor See: Focal motor seizure
- Jugular vein, external The more superficial of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and…
- Equinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of equinophobia experience undue anxiety even when a…
- Chromatin The nucleoprotein material of chromosomes. Chromatin is essentially the substance of chromosomes. It is made…
- Biermer's anemia Anemia: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the…
- Mortality rate A death rate. There are a number of different types of mortality rates as, for examples, the following: >…
- Sublingual gland The smallest of the three major salivary glands. It is located beneath the tongue in the floor of the mouth…