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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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Lifestyle disease
A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke; obesity and type 2 diabetes; and diseases associated with smoking and alcohol and drug abuse…
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- Apposition The word 'apposition' has several senses including the act of adding or accretion and also the putting of…
- Womb The womb (uterus) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead…
- Cystine kidney stones Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- Antinuclear antibody test Antinuclear antibody test: A test for unusual antibodies that are directed against structures within the…
- Fart This is not an accepted medical word for passing gas. Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed…
- Perception, auditory The ability to identify, interpret, and attach meaning to sound
- Visceral Referring to the viscera, the internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart…
- Diaphragm (contraceptive) A barrier method of contraception that is available by prescription only and must be sized by a health…
- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Conn syndrome Overproduction of the hormone aldosterone (pronounced al-do-ster-one) by a tumor that contains tissue…