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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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Physical therapist
A person trained and certified by a state or accrediting body to design and implement physical therapy programs. Physical therapists may work within a hospital or clinic, in a school providing assistance to special education students, or…
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- Phagedenic gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
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- Human neutrophil peptide See: Defensin
- Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune…
- Sleeping disease A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Commonly called APL, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a…
- Chronic disease A disease that persists for a long time. A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition…
- Incontinent Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual…
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Carrier test A test designed to detect carriers of a gene for recessive genetic disorder. For example, carrier testing is…
- Procollagen A precursor (forerunner) of collagen, the protein that adds strength and support to many body tissues