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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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Disease names
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Show more- Dyspareunia The medical term for pain during sexual intercourse.
- Discharge, nipple See: Breast discharge
- Stickler syndrome, type II See: Stickler syndrome
- Orthopedist An orthopaedic surgeon, orthopaedics being the branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system…
- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, due to mutation of a gene that…
- Aortic dissection Aortic dissection: A progressive tear in the aorta. The inner lining (intima) of the aorta tears and blood…
- Autotransplantation The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Midnight disease See: Hypergraphia
- Liter A metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a kilogram of water at 4 degrees…
- Matter, gray The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. The gray matter is as opposed to the white matter…
- Wezand See: Weasand
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…