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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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NIOSH
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. Despite its name (which would suggest that…
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Show more- Animal-to-human transplant Transplant: See Xenotransplantation
- Transfusion medicine Blood transfusion and blood conservation are the complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena…
- Hypercoagulability, estrogen-associated >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Papular Adjective referring to one or more small solid rounded bumps rising from the skin that are each usually 0.5…
- Folate Folic acid, one of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and…
- Water pore See: Aquaporin
- Atrial flutter Well-organized but overly rapid contractions of the atrium of the heart (usually at a rate of 250-350…
- National Program of Cancer Registries A program administered in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994 that…
- Mammary gland One of the two half-moon-shaped glands on either side of the adult female chest, which with fatty tissue and…
- Acquired Anything that is not present at birth but develops some time later. In medicine, the word 'acquired' implies…
- Alactasia Lack of the enzyme lactase which is needed to digest the milk sugar lactose. See: Lactase deficiency
- Unstable diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…