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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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His-Werner disease
This is a parasite (louse-borne) disease that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I and so was called trench fever. It is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the war fronts in Europe. Trench…
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Show more- Optic neuroma A slow-growing benign tumor of the optic nerve. Optic gliomas are associated with neurofibromatosis type 1…
- Impetigo Impetigo: A bacterial skin infection caused by the staphylococcus or, more rarely,streptococcus bacteria. The…
- Nevus 1. Any birthmark.2. A benign pigmented spot on the skin such as a mole (a cluster of melanocytes and…
- Osteochondroma An abnormal, solitary, benign growth of bone and cartilage, typically at the end of a long bone…
- Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst Al Institute of Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat…
- Melanoma, iris See: Intraocular melanoma
- Chloroform A clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether, chloroform was once administered by inhalation to…
- Spinocerebellar Pertaining to the spinal cord and the cerebellum, as in spinocerebellar ataxia (ataxia with cerebellar…
- Anterior cruciate injury A knee injury involving the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL runs diagonally across the front of the…
- Barker, Horace Albert (1907-2000) American biochemist who, among other things, discovered the biologically active forms of vitamin…
- Extracranial hematoma A hematoma (a collection of blood) outside the cranium (skull)
- Antagonist In biochemistry, an antagonist acts against and blocks an action. For example, insulin lowers the level of…