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Medical vocabulary with 16,436 clear, complete and reliable definitions.
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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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Cognition
The process of knowing and, more precisely, the process of being aware, knowing, thinking, learning and judging. The study of cognition touches on the fields of psychology, linguistics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, ethology…
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- Aleve See: Naproxen
- Tattoos & permanent makeup The intradermal application of inks for the purpose of tattooing or permanent makeup (also known as…
- Synaptonemal complex A protein structure that forms between two homologous chromosomes during meiosis and that is thought to…
- Progressive Increasing in scope or severity. Advancing. Going forward. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is…
- Prostaglandin F2-alpha One of the prostaglandins, a group of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body…
- Rheumatism, generalized Rheumatism affecting many and diverse parts of the body, such as fibromyalgia
- Spleen, ruptured Rupture of the capsule of the spleen is a potential catastrophe that requires immediate medical and surgical…
- Cephalgia, histamine A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as cluster headache or migrainous neuralgia. The common…
- Facio-auriculo-vertebral spectrum See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Emotional child abuse Child abuse: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child…