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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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- Cancer survivor Someone who has received the diagnosis of a potentially fatal form of cancer and is therefore forced to face…
- Gravid Pregnant
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Telangiectasia, hereditary hemorrhagic See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Fat scales See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Pistol-shot pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder. (The abbreviation PTSD has rapidly gained in popularity because saying…
- Cerebrovascular disease Disease of the blood vessels and, especially, the arteries that supply the brain. Cerebrovascular disease is…
- Seborrheic keratosis See: Keratosis, seborrheic
- Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale See: Fabry disease