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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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Aspie
Name that many people with Asperger syndrome call themselves
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Show more- Indolent lymphoma A lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, in contrast to an aggressive lymphoma which tends to grow…
- Disease, Legionnaire A disease due to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water-storage tanks…
- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Miller's lung A type of allergic inflammation of the lungs (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) in people who are hypersensitive…
- Xanthine A substance found in caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline and encountered in tea, coffee, and the colas…
- Sidney Goldring See: Goldring, Sidney
- Difficult urination See: Dysuria
- Hemodialysis Hemodialysis: A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to filter waste products…
- Anus, imperforate A congenital malformation (a birth defect) in which the rectum is a blind alley (a cul-de-sac) and there is…
- Block, caudal See Caudal anesthesia
- Amnesia, anterograde See: Antegrade amnesia
- Perianal abscess An abscess next to the anus that causes tenderness, swelling, and pain on defecation