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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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Age by decade
>Denarian: Someone age 10 to 19. >Vicenarian: Someone in his or her twenties. >Tricenarian: Someone in his or her thirties. >Quadragenarian: Someone in his or her forties. >Quinquagenarian: Someone in his or her fifties. >Sexagenarian…
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Show more- Nulliparous Never having given birth to a child.
- Dumping syndrome A group of symptoms that occur when food or liquid enters the small intestine too rapidly. These symptoms…
- Surgical menopause Menopause: Menopause induced by surgery. Surgical menopause is a type of induced menopause: menopause due to…
- Big bone disease See: Kashin-Beck disease
- Porcine Having to do with swine. From the Latin 'porcus' meaning 'pig.' Porcine insulin is obtained from pig…
- Polyphenol A kind of chemical that (at least in theory) may protect against some common health problems and possibly…
- Antimicrobial medication A drug used to treat a microbial infection. The term 'antimicrobial' is a general one that refers to a group…
- Cranial nerve, eighth The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Macrocephaly An abnormally large head. The opposite of macrocephaly is microcephaly (an abnormally small head)
- Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulator (SERM) A 'designer estrogen' which possesses some, but not all, of the actions of estrogen. For example, raloxifene…
- Rheumatoid nodules Rheumatoid nodules are firm lumps in the skin of patients with rheumatoid arthritis that usually occur in…
- Aluminum toxicity See: Aluminum