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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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- Food security When people do not need to live with hunger or fear starvation
- Progeria A rare genetic disorder that causes children to age prematurely. The classic type of childhood progeria is…
- Cemento-ossifying fibroma A hard fibrous growth that continues to enlarge, sometimes to very significant size, unless treated, most…
- Aldrin See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Medical jurisprudence The branch of the law that deals with the application of law to medicine or, conversely, the application of…
- Jaundice, congenital hemolytic Jaundice, congenital hemolytic: Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of…
- Brachytherapy, coronary artery A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Major depression A disease with certain characteristic signs and symptoms that interferes with the ability to work, sleep…
- Appendiceal cancer See: Appendix cancer
- Simian crease A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called…