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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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Air travel with diabetes
A concern for patients with diabetes is flying with medications and supplies. Letters from doctors are not recommended since security has concerns that these may be easily forged. The currently recommended way to fly with medications and…
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Show more- ADLs (activities of daily living) The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as…
- Chromosome 4p- syndrome The 4p- syndrome or Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, is a chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short…
- Acu- A combining form indicating a relationship to a needle. As in acupuncture. From the Latin acus meaning needle
- Immunogenetics The genetics (inheritance) of the immune response. For example, the study of the Rh, ABO and other blood…
- CRAC1 Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1. Also called hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed…
- Plague, bubonic The most common form of the plague named for the characteristic buboes which are enlarged lymph nodes…
- Lip, cleft The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only…
- Exchange, gas The primary function of the lungs involving the transfer of oxygen from inhaled air into the blood and the…
- Little People of America An organization for people of short stature whose mission is to assist dwarfs with their physical and…
- Cortical blindness Blindness due to loss or injury to the visual cortex, that section of the cerebral cortex responsible for…
- Humoral Pertaining to elements in the blood or other body fluids. In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid)…
- Cauda equina A bundle of spinal nerve roots that arise from the bottom end of the spinal cord. The cauda equina comprises…