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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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- Kidney cancer Kidney cancer: Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic…
- Qualitative Having to do with quality. In contrast to quantitative (which pertains to quantity, the amount)
- Brachytherapy, coronary artery A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. It is one of the most…
- Lentigo A type of freckle that is a small tan, brown, or black spot which tends to be darker than the usual…
- Humoral Pertaining to elements in the blood or other body fluids. In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid)…
- Cells, reproductive The eggs and sperm are the reproductive cells. Each mature reproductive cell is haploid in that it has a…
- Bromism A disease caused by chronic exposure to bromine or one of its compounds. Bromism is characterized by mental…
- WM Abbreviation for 'white male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…
- Bubble boy disease Severe combined immunodeficiency disease