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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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JCI
The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a highly regarded biomedical journal
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Show more- Phenothiazine One of a group of tranquilizing drugs with antipsychotic actions thought to act by blocking dopaminergic…
- Attentional Relating to attention. The term is used in psychology and child development as, for example, early television…
- Biotin A water-soluble B-complex vitamin involved in carbon dioxide transfer and therefore essential to the…
- Pulled elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Exogenous Originating from outside the organism. Insulin taken by a diabetic is exogenous insulin
- Transforming growth factor (TGF) One of several proteins secreted by transformed cells that can stimulate the growth of normal cells…
- Diesel exhaust The exhaust generated by diesel engines. This exhaust is a complex mixture of combustion products of diesel…
- BIA Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Trimethylaminuria (TMA) An inborn error of metabolism associated with an offensive body odor, the smell of rotting fish, due to the…
- Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…
- Placental Pertaining to the placenta, the organ joining the mother and fetus during pregnancy
- Medication, antibiotic A drug used to treat bacterial infections. The original definition of an antibiotic was a substance produced…