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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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Medical geography
An important 'new' area of health research that is a hybrid between geography and medicine dealing with the geographic aspects of health and healthcare. Medical geography studies the effects of locale and climate upon health. It aims to…
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Show more- Acustimulation Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points done to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting
- Ulcer, duodenal See: Duodenal ulcer
- Contraceptive, injectable progestin Injectable progestin (Depo-Provera) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for…
- Respiratory distress syndrome, acute Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Kissing bug The insect that transmits the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease (American…
- Collagen injection The practice of injecting collagen into a part of the face or body to make it larger, most often performed on…
- Fear of fur An abnormal and persistent fear of fur is called doraphobia. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals…
- CD40 A receptor molecule on the cell surface of all mature B cells (B lymphocytes), most B-cell malignancies, and…
- Caliciviridae See: Calicivirus; Norovirus
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…
- Ligate To tie or to tie off, as in to ligate an artery. From the Latin 'ligare' meaning 'to bind or tie.' Ligature…
- Brain anthrax Anthrax infection of the central nervous system (the spinal cord and brain) and meninges (the membranes…