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Medical vocabulary with 16,436 clear, complete and reliable definitions.
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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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Doctor
In a medical context, any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The term doctor is quite nonspecific. A doctor may, for example, be a physician, psychologist, biomedical scientist, dentist, or veterinarian…
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Show more- Prognathism An overly prominent jaw.
- Pathologic fracture A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic…
- Ed Lewis Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born.
- SLS (Sjogren-Larsson syndrome) The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Cyto- Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term "Daltonism" is…
- Jackson Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) A relatively small (peptide) molecule that is released by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain after…
- Ecchymosis The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses…
- Catheterization, venous The insertion of a tiny tube (a catheter) into a peripheral or central vein to deliver fluids or medication…
- GD Gaucher's disease
- Lymph An almost colorless fluid that travels through vessels called lymphatics in the lymphatic system and carries…
- Sea poisoning An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…