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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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Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever: An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella typhi bacteria contracted from contaminated water and food. The disease has an insidious onset characterized by fever, headache, constipation, malaise…
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Show more- Anovular menstruation Menstruation without ovulation. The egg stays within the ovary and usually disintegrates but sometimes it is…
- Mutation, somatic See: Somatic mutation.
- Tumor marker, CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the…
- Genetics, forensic See: Forensic genetics
- Antenatal surgery The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal surgery or, most often, fetal surgery…
- Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES) The first society of its kind in the world -- its founders included doctors, lawyers and churchmen -- the VES…
- Gene amplification Making multiple copies of a gene. Repeated copying of a gene. Gene amplification plays a role in cancer…
- DMD (dystonia musculorum deformans) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either excessive…
- Pubis The front center portion of the pelvis.
- Schonlein-Henoch purpura A form of blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) that typically affects small arterial vessels (capillaries)…
- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Gonorrhea A sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoea. Although gonorrhea is…