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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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- Mandible The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal…
- Morning glory syndrome A birth defect of the optic nerve (the nerve to the eye) in which there is a coloboma (cleft) of the optic…
- Stricture of the esophagus, chronic A narrowing or closure of the normal opening of the swallowing tube leading to the stomach, usually caused by…
- Genital wart A wart in the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. Genital warts are due to a human papillomavirus…
- Spider fear See: Arachnophobia
- IL-1 Interleukin-1
- Therapy, respiratory Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- General paresis Progressive dementia and generalized paralysis due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of…
- Prostatectomy, radical See: Radical prostatectomy
- Adapter protein A protein acts as a connecting molecule. An adapter protein is critical to intermolecular interactions and…
- Parasite >Protozoa -- Malaria is caused by plasmodium, a protozoa, a single-cell organism that can only divide within…