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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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Quackery
Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our…
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Show more- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- Pneumomediastinum Free air in the mediastinum (space betweens the lungs) which may give rise to pneumothorax or…
- Foreign body airway obstruction Partial or complete blockage of the breathing tubes to the lungs due to a foreign body (e.g., food, a bead…
- Pagetic Pertaining to Paget disease, a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to…
- QHC Qualified health claim
- Defect, neural tube A major birth defect caused by abnormal development of the neural tube, the structure present during…
- Avascular necrosis of the femoral head See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- Diagnostic mammogram An X-ray of the breast done to evaluate: > >Abnormalities seen or suspected on a prior screening mammogram…
- Peripheral nervous system ): That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous…
- Juvenile polyposis coli See: Juvenile polyposis
- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia