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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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Anemia, iron deficiency
Anemia, iron deficiency: The most common known form of nutritional disorder in the world, iron deficiency results in anemia because iron is necessary to make hemoglobin, key molecule in red blood cells responsible for the transport of…
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Show more- Amnesia Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of…
- ETM2 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- Heredity Genetic transmission from parent to child.
- Bummed out Slang term for depression. For more, see: Depression
- WHI The Women's Health Initiative, a long-term health study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
- Menstrual migraine A migraine headache that affects a woman each month between the 2nd day before the start of the menstrual…
- Leishmania infection A parasitic disease, also called leishmaniasis, spread by the bite of sand flies infected with a protozoa…
- Bromobenzylcyanide A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Pseudoobstruction, intestinal A group of chronic disorders that impair gastrointestinal motility, despite the absence of an actual…
- Infertility Infertility: The diminished ability or the inability to conceive and have offspring. Infertility is also…
- Ca The symbol for calcium