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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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Surgeon
A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity by operative or manual methods. A medical doctor specialized in the removal of organs, masses and tumors and in doing other procedures using a knife (scalpel). The definition of a…
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Show more- Sinus tachycardia A fast heartbeat (tachycardia) because of rapid firing of the sinoatrial (sinus) node. The sinoatrial (or…
- Anemia, refractory Anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) unresponsive to treatment
- Stress Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can…
- D & C Dilatation and curettage, a minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilatation) to permit the…
- Hem-onc Short for Hematology-oncology
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Dibenzoxazepine A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Magnesia Named after a town in present day Turkey where an ore containing magnesium carbonate was mined. Milk of…
- Structural scoliosis A fixed lateral (sideway) curve of the spine. Structural scoliosis often occurs from unknown factors without…
- Labile diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Etymology, medical See: Medical etymology
- Scan, SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a nuclear medicine procedure in which a gamma camera rotates…