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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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- Nurse, licensed practical A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LPNs…
- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS): An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal…
- Nipah virus A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain…
- Virus, lymphadenopathy Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. Please see: Virus, human…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme heparan N-sulfatase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Thymoglobulin A brand name for antithymocyte globulin
- Resolution In genetics, resolution refers to the degree of molecular detail on a physical map of DNA, ranging from low…
- Ritter disease This is the scalded skin syndrome, a potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph…
- Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen (CALLA) A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity that serves as a marker for the…
- Artery, splenic A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…