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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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Lipitor
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- Petit mal A form of epilepsy with very brief, unannounced lapses in consciousness. A petit mal seizure involves a brief…
- Medication, anti-platelet Platelet-blocking drugs. Drugs that, like aspirin, reduce the tendency of platelets in the blood to clump and…
- Respiratory therapy Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Jugular vein, internal The deeper of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and…
- Backbone The spine. A flexible row of bones stretching from the base of the skull to the tailbone
- Soper, Fred L. (1893-1977) American physician, epidemiologist and public health administrator. Soper won a Lasker Award in…
- Attenuated FAP Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
- Gorlin syndrome Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and…
- Depression, dysthymia A type of depression involving long-term, chronic symptoms that are not disabling, but keep a person from…