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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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Postulates, Koch's
In 1890 the German physician and bacteriologist Robert Koch set out his celebrated criteria for judging whether a given bacteria is the cause of a given disease. Koch's criteria brought some much-needed scientific clarity to what was then…
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- Syndrome, dengue shock A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Buffalo chest A single chest cavity with no anatomic separation of the two hemithoraxes due, for example, to tension…
- Drunkorexia A term coined to refer to condition of binge drinking combined with the typical self-imposed starvation seen…
- Prostate, nodular hyperplasia See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Frasier syndrome A condition characterized by the presence of an XY sex chromosome constitution and undermasculinized external…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- Scooter injury An injury sustained on a scooter, a foot-operated board mounted tandemly on two wheels with an upright…
- Levocardia Reversal of all of the abdominal and thoracic organs (situs inversus) except the heart, which is still in its…
- Genome, Caenorhabditis elegans See: Dog genome.
- American Journal of Public Health A monthly journal that publishes original research articles that are peer-reviewed in both 'general and…
- Behcet's syndrome Behcet's syndrome: A chronic inflammatory disorder involving the small blood vessels which is characterized…