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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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Public mourning
The public display of grief. This may take many forms ranging from the very formal to the very informal, from stately funeral ceremonies designed to evoke a sense of meaning beyond the ephemeral to spontaneous shrines where people leave…
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Show more- QNS On a lab report, Quantity Not Sufficient. The sample is not large enough to do the test
- Gastritis Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach. From the Latin gastricus meaning stomach + -itis, meaning…
- Lifestyle disease A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include…
- Progeny The children and other descendants. For example one might say that the progeny of someone with a genetic…
- Blalock-Taussig operation A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Low vision A visual impairment, not corrected by standard glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, that interferes…
- Sjogren syndrome Sjogren syndrome: An autoimmune disease that classically combines dry eyes, dry mouth, and another disease of…
- Alvit Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Birthmark A persistent visible mark on the skin that is evident at birth or shortly thereafter. A birthmark is often…
- Dumdum fever Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs)…
- Auditory aphasia Impairment in the understanding of auditory language and communication. Sounds are heard but they convey no…
- Line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…