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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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Hospice care
Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each…
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Show more- Proclivity An inclination or predisposition toward something, especially a strong inherent inclination toward something…
- Nirenberg See: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Parainfectious Occurring at the time of and in association with an acute infection or an episode of infection. For example…
- Cranial nerve, seventh The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Culdoscopy The introduction of a viewing tube (called an endoscope or culdoscope) through the end of the vagina into the…
- Decubitus ulcer A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin…
- CT cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
- Extrafallopian A term meaning 'outside the fallopian tube.' There are two fallopian tubes in female mammals, including human…
- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- HEPA Acronym that stands for High-Efficiency Particulate Air and for High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestor. HEPA…
- Antivenin Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom. Antivenin…