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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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Board certified
Board certified in medicine means a physician has taken and passed a medical specialty examination. Board eligible, by contrast, means that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical specialty board examination…
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Show more- Physical child abuse See: Normal growth.
- Antero- Prefix signifying before, earlier, front. From the Latin anterior meaning before
- Hallervorden-Spatz disease A genetic disorder in which there is progressive neurologic degeneration with the accumulation of iron in the…
- PKD Short for phenylketonuria. See: Phenylketonuria.
- Retinal pigment epithelium The pigment cell layer that nourishes the retinal cells. The retinal pigment epithelium is located just…
- Waterborne bacterial disease An illness due to infection with bacteria contaminating the water supply. Waterborne bacterial diseases cause…
- STARI See: Hypnic jerk.
- Pelvis, gynecoid The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore…
- Immune system A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing us from everything foreign to us, and for protecting…
- Intensive care unit psychosis A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…
- End-of-the-road disease Guinea worm disease, a parasitic illness caused by infection with the guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis)…
- Diplopia, binocular Double vision (diplopia) that is only evident when looking through both eyes and disappears if one eye is…