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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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Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease.
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Show more- Obesity, exogenous Overweight caused by consuming more food than the person's activity level warrants, leading to increased fat…
- Pediatric kidney infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Tunica albuginea The whitish membrane within the penis that surrounds the spongy chambers (corpora cavernosa) in the penis and…
- Anomia A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to…
- Typhoid See: Typhoid fever
- Antibacterial Anything that destroys bacteria or suppresses their growth or their ability to reproduce. Heat, chemicals…
- Liter A metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a kilogram of water at 4 degrees…
- Transvestitism Transvestitism, or transvestic fetishism, refers to the practice by heterosexual males of dressing in female…
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Secretary's knee The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Pulmonary Having to do with the lungs. (The word comes from the Latin pulmo for lung).
- AT (in DNA) AT stands for adenine and thymine, a base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is GC (guanine and cytosine)