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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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Show more- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Handedness The preferential use of one hand for most fine manual tasks. Right handedness is the preferential use of the…
- Biallelic Pertaining to both alleles (both alternative forms of a gene). For example, biallelic mutations in the gene…
- Colposcope A lighted magnifying instrument used by a gynecologist to examine the tissues of the vagina and the cervix…
- Monocyte A white blood cell that has a single nucleus and can ingest (take in) foreign material. (In other words, a…
- Bedwetting Bedwetting: Involuntary urination in bed. Bedwetting is called 'enuresis,' from the Greek 'enourin' meaning…
- Hepatitis, infectious See Hepatitis A
- Child abuse, emotional Child abuse, emotional: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse…
- Neuralgia, migrainous A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Plasmacytoma Cancer of the plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies) that may turn into multiple myeloma
- Carpal bone One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones…
- Mast cell A connective tissue cell whose normal function is unknown but which is frequently injured in allergic…