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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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Anonymous testing
Testing in which no name is used -- there is total anonymity -- to identify the person tested. For example, the State of Florida requires that each county have a site for anonymous HIV testing
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Show more- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center : The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national…
- Sabulous Sandy or gritty. For example, the sludge in bile may be sabulous. And the stony sediment in urine may be…
- Cardiac septum The septum of the heart is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of…
- Binocularity The ability to focus upon an object with both eyes and create a single stereoscopic image. Binocularity…
- Representational oligonucleotide microarray The production of offspring. Reproduction need not be sexual. Yeast can reproduce by budding.
- Asperger syndrome An autistic disorder most notable for the often great discrepancy between the intellectual and social…
- Cognitive science Cognitive science is the study of the mind. It is an interdisciplinary science that draws upon many fields…
- Syndrome, floppy baby A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- Syndrome, Proteus A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Intestine, large The tubelike organ that completes the process of digestion, receiving material from the small intestine. It…
- Virus A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus…
- Shock, spinal Shock caused by injury to the spinal cord