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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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- Hammer The malleus
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Proximo- Proximal
- LKS 1. Lower lid (of the eye). 2. Lower limit. The recommended LL for potassium intake is 4.7 grams per day for…
- Power-of-attorney for health-care decision-making See: Proxy. health care.
- Random The process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for example, by a coin flip. A randomized…
- Muscle, supraspinatus >The supraspinatus muscle; >The subscapularis muscle, which moves the arm by turning it inward (internal…
- Rosary pea See: Abrin
- ACEI ACE inhibitor
- Tactile Having to do with touch
- Bell 1. Bell's palsy.2. Bell, Charles