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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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- Coal miner's pneumoconiosis See: Black lung disease
- Hypnic jerk The common normal phenomenon of jerking awake, usually accompanied by a feeling of falling, just as one is…
- Heritable Capable of being transmitted from parent to child.
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- Seizure disorders One of a great many medical conditions that are characterized by episodes of uncontrolled electrical activity…
- Onset In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of…
- Temporal bone A large irregular bone situated at the base and side of the skull. The temporal bone is connected with the…