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Medical vocabulary with 16,436 clear, complete and reliable definitions.
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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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Medical etymology
The origin of medical words and terms. Etymology is an account of the origins and the developments in the meaning of a word or term. Medical etymology brings us into contact with the 'history of medicine, of human ideas, and of the human…
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Show more- Coronary artery brachytherapy Local radiation treatment within an artery to the heart. Coronary artery brachytherapy has been used to…
- Fibrillation, auricular Essentially the same as atrial fibrillation
- AHC Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- B virus An infectious agent commonly found among macaque monkeys, including rhesus macaques, pig-tailed macaques, and…
- Papuliferous 1. Having papules. 2. Having pimples. Simply pimply. From papule, pimple + the Latin fero, to bear. Also…
- Rheumatology A subspecialty of internal medicine that involves the non-surgical evaluation and treatment of the rheumatic…
- Nucleotide >A nitrogenous base (A, G, T, or C in DNA; A, G, U, or C in RNA), >A phosphate molecule, and >A sugar…
- Slipped disc Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Infectious hepatitis immunization See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Orthopedics The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of…
- Radioiodine An isotope of the chemical element iodine that is radioactive. Radioiodine is used in diagnostic tests as…
- Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 See B virus