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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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Insecticide-treated bednet
A bednet that has been treated with insecticide to protect against mosquitos and malaria. 'Provision of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) is universally accepted as an efficacious and essential public health service in most parts of…
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- Body dysmorphic disorder Body dysmorphic disorder: A psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with imagined…
- RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…
- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction See: Chemobrain
- Reduction, breast See: Breast reduction
- Vestigial Adjective describing something that is a vestige (remnant) or a primitive structure, and no longer believed…
- Quasidominant Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but is in fact due to the mating of a person who…
- Racemose A descriptive term for something that is in a cluster or bunch. From the Latin 'racemus' meaning 'a cluster…
- Medicine, geriatric The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Zinc A mineral essential to the body, zinc is a constituent of many enzymes that permit chemical reactions to…