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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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- Aerotitis media See Aerotitis
- Transmission, perinatal Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- PIGF Placental growth factor
- AAP The American Academy of Pediatrics
- Resistance Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are…
- Aberration (1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal…
- Kerato- Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Keratoconjunctivitis can be due to…
- Balantidium A genus of protozoa with cilia that includes Balantidium coli (B. coli). B. coli is the largest protozoan and…
- Syndrome, Coffin-Lowry An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- Fever, shin bone Fever, shin bone: Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs…
- Nucleocaspid The genome plus the protein coat of a viral. The genome is nucleic acid. The protein coat is the capsid. The…