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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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Disease, cardiovascular
Disease affecting the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases include arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, hypertension, orthostatic hypotension, shock, endocarditis, diseases…
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- Cul-de-sac A viewer writes regarding the term 'cul-de-sac': 'I know we live on one. Is there a medical meaning for it?'…
- Nerve, pinched See: Nerve compression
- CEPT Cholesterol ester transfer protein
- Meiotic Pertaining to meiosis (the process of germ cell formation).
- Minor salivary gland A small gland which produces saliva. There are numerous minor salivary glands distributed within the mouth…
- Drunkorexia A term coined to refer to condition of binge drinking combined with the typical self-imposed starvation seen…
- Agent, anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Tricho- (prefix) Pertaining to hair. As in trichobezoar (a hair ball), trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling)…
- Pantothenic acid Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Disease, Brill-Zinsser Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…