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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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- Anderson-Fabry disease See: Fabry disease
- Ecstatic Pertaining to ecstasy, a state of rapture and trancelike elation
- Schadenfreude Pleasure from the misfortune of others. The word entered English in 1895 from the German 'Schade', harm, +…
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Biofilm An aggregate of microbes with a distinct architecture. A biofilm is like a tiny city in which microbial…
- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Diaphragmatic hernia Hernia: Passage of a loop of bowel through the diaphragm muscle. This type of hernia occurs as the bowel from…
- Cerebrospinal fluid CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the…
- Obstetrical forceps An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. Forceps may be…
- Nasal decongestant A drug that shrinks the swollen membranes in the nose, making it easier to breath. Decongestants can be taken…