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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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Iatrics
Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be inadvertently caused by a physician or surgeon or by a medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic procedure. Puerperal fever (childbirth…
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Show more- Addison disease Addison disease: Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic…
- ZAP-70 Zeta-chain-associated protein kinase 70. A member of the protein tyrosine kinase family, ZAP-70 is normally…
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Xiphoid process A pointed cartilage attached to the lower end of the breastbone or sternum, the smallest and lowest division…
- Passage, nasal The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Herbicidal Capable of controlling or destroying plants, weeds, or grasses
- ARS Acute radiation syndrome
- Nerves, cranial Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from…
- FDA recalls Recalls: The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product by the US Food & Drug Administration (the…
- Assisted suicide Suicide: The deliberate hastening of death by a terminally ill patient with assistance from a doctor, family…