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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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Show more- Benign sleep myoclonus Sleep myoclonus: A distinctive disorder of sleep in infancy characterized by rhythmic myoclonic jerks (sudden…
- Newborn hearing screen Testing of the newborn baby's ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory…
- Triglyceride test Triglyceride test: A simple blood test to measure the level of triglycerides in the blood. Triglyceride…
- Chorioamnionitis Inflammation of the chorion and the amnion, the membranes that surround the fetus. Chorioamnionitis usually…
- Mycobacterium ulcerans The bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer. Mycobacterium ulcerans is a member of the family of bacteria that…
- Epiglottitis, acute A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- Gastrointestinal Adjective referring collectively to the stomach and small and large intestines. The commonly used…
- Deformity, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- PCT The abbreviation 'PCT' stands for a number of things including porphyria cutanea tarda, literally, the late…
- Vaccination, mumps See Immunization, MMR
- Cancer, esophagus See: Esophageal cancer
- Dicentric chromosome An abnormal chromosome with two centromeres rather than the normal one. Every normal chromosome has one…