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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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Tropical oil
Coconut, palm kernel or palm oil. Like all fats and oils, these three oils contain various types of fatty acids but, unlike other plant oils, they contain a great deal of saturated fatty acids. Coconut oil is 92%, palm kernel oil 82% and…
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- Common cold Common cold: A viral upper respiratory tract infection. This contagious illness can be caused by many…
- Risk factor Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease
- Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy See: Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs endothelial
- OMS (World Health Organization) In medicine, the person who is ready to respond, the one on duty. As in "Who is the doctor on call this…
- Deficiency, magnesium Can occur due to inadequate intake or impaired intestinal absorption of magnesium. Low magnesium…
- Osmolar In biochemistry, referring to the osmolarity, the concentration of osmotically active particles in solution…
- Homeopathic medicine See: Homeopathy
- Fever, Philippine hemorrhagic A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- BLAST Abbreviation for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, a computer program that identifies homologous genes in…
- Otic barotrauma Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems…
- Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS) Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS): The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague…