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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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Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The person with dysarthria may also have problems controlling the pitch, loudness, rhythm, and voice qualities of their speech. Dysarthria…
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- Timothy syndrome A childhood disorder characterized by severe cardiac arrhythmia, syndactyly (webbing) of the fingers and…
- Oligonucleotide probe A short sequence of nucleotides synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur and then…
- Encephalopathic syndrome A dangerous condition with symptoms similar to those of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), of which it may…
- MVP In medicine, not the most valuable player but mitral valve prolapse
- Mycoplasma The mycoplasma are a very large group of bacteria. There are more than 70 types. Mycoplasma hominis and…
- Barotrauma Trauma caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure, especially affecting enclosed cavities within the…
- ERG Electroretinography
- Bug, kissing See: Kissing bug
- Beijerinck, Martinus W. (1851-1931) Dutch microbiologist who was the first person to use the term 'virus' for the invisible…
- Nose job Slang for plastic surgery on the nose, known medically as a rhinoplasty. This is a facial cosmetic procedure…
- Disease, Hodgkin (Hodgkin lymphoma) A disease of the lymph nodes named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866) who discovered it…