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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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Glucocentric
Focused on glucose, particularly to the exclusion of other factors. As in 'We have a body of evidence and the consensus of concern that we need to reduce cardiovascular disease - the No. 1 killer of diabetics and everyone. We know we can't…
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Show more- Intron Part of a gene that is initially transcribed into the primary RNA transcript but then removed from it when…
- Diabetes Diabetes: Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes…
- Needlestick injury A penetrating stab wound from a needle (or other sharp object) that may result in exposure to blood or other…
- Insulin pump A pump for delivering insulin in order to achieve tight blood sugar control and lifestyle flexibility while…
- Anomia A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to…
- Caesarian section, vaginal birth after It was once the rule that after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now vaginal…
- Absorption Uptake. In the biomedical sciences, absorption has diverse specific meanings. In the body, absorption is the…
- Rat-flea typhus Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Polycystic kidney disease Polycystic kidney disease: One of the genetic disorders characterized by the development of innumerable cysts…
- Wrinkling, retinal See: Macular pucker
- KSS Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Therapy, biological Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…