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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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Tuna
A fish about which there are several health concerns. One concern involves carbon monoxide that prevents the flesh of the fish from discoloring and keeps it red. The FDA permits this practice in the US but Japan, Canada and the European…
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Show more- Selenosis Selenium poisoning. Selenium posioning may be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). The effects of acute…
- Deep A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms…
- Bone scan A technique to create images of bones on a computer screen or on film. A small amount of radioactive material…
- Cannula Simply a slender tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or duct. During the insertion of the cannula…
- Doxycycline Doxycycline: Brand name: Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from tetracycline…
- Transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt S): A shunt (tube) placed between the portal vein which carries blood from the intestines to the liver and…
- Varicella vaccination See Chickenpox immunization
- Heart-lung machine A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Eye Institute, National (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Anal papilla A skin tag that projects up from the junction between the skin and the inside lining of the anus. Anal…
- Annotation, genome The process of identifying the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determining what…
- Amyloidosis, primary Amyloidosis, primary: A disorder of plasma cells (special white blood cells that produce antibodies), this is…