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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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Clamydia
A common misspelling of Chlamydia
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Show more- PAM Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
- A-T Ataxia-telangiectasia
- Tumescent Swelling; slightly tumid (swollen). For example, tumescent liposuction involves pumping a solution beneath…
- Acne Our Acne Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Acne Acne: Localized…
- Meltdown, genetic A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
- Thrombocythemia An abnormally high number of platelets in the blood. Also known as thrombocytosis.
- Frequency, urinary Urinating too often, at too frequent intervals, not due to an unusually large volume of urine, but rather to…
- Amino acid, branched-chain One of the amino acids that has a branch chain, namely, Leucine, isoleucine, and valine
- Vocal tremor Tremor: Trembling or shaking of one or more of the muscles of the larynx (the voice box), resulting in an…
- Antisepsis Prevention of infection by inhibiting or arresting the growth and multiplication of germs (infectious…
- Shunt, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Cancer of the clitoris See: Cancer of the vulva