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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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Antipsoriatic
Directed against psoriasis. Sunlight is antipsoriatic, as are a number of drugs
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- Assistive device Any device that is designed, made, or adapted to assist a person perform a particular task. For examples…
- Supinator foot type A type of foot that restricts the impact of the stride largely to the outer edges of the foot. This type of…
- Hemoglobin, carbon monoxide See: Carboxyhemoglobin
- DGS See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Clostridium welchii See: Clostridium perfingens.
- PFOA Perfluorooctanoic acid. See: Perfluorinated acid
- Genome, roundworm See: Yeast genome.
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease A common illness of infants and children under 10 years old characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a…
- Sixth cranial nerve The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle…
- Fever, cat scratch A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Hump, dowager An outward curvature of the vertebrae of neck, creating a hump at the back of the neck, once thought to be a…