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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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Conventional medicine
Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses. Other terms for conventional…
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- Fluorouracil A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Incontinence Inability to control excretions. Urinary incontinence is inability to keep urine in the bladder. Fecal…
- Excision 1. Surgical removal, as in the excision of a tumor. 2. The removal as if by surgery, as in base excision…
- Goodman syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by acrocephalosyndactyly -- birth defects involving the head and face and…
- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Rectum The last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through…
- Meconium Dark sticky material normally present in the intestine at birth and passed in the feces after birth. The…